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Cartoon vs Cartoony - What's the difference?

cartoon | cartoony |

As a noun cartoon

is cartoon (comic strip).

As an adjective cartoony is

having the style of a cartoon.

cartoon

English

(wikipedia cartoon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
  • (comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.
  • (arts) An artist's preliminary sketch.
  • (animation) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.
  • * 12 July 2012 , Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
    • The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon , lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
  • A diagram in a scientific concept.

    • Synonyms

    * (humorous drawing or strip) comic strip, strip cartoon * (satire of public figures) caricature, political cartoon

    Related terms

    * cartoonist * comic book * funnies * funny papers * funny pages * strip cartoon

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (arts, comics, animation) To draw a cartoon.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    cartoony

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the style of a cartoon

    • Derived terms

    * cartooney *

    Anagrams

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