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Cartoon vs Illustrator - What's the difference?

cartoon | illustrator |

As nouns the difference between cartoon and illustrator

is that cartoon is cartoon (comic strip) while illustrator is illustrator.

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

    Verb

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

    * ----

    illustrator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person who draws pictures (especially illustrations in books or magazines)
  • Terry is one of the best illustrators of children's books in the country.