Stencil vs Cliche - What's the difference?
stencil | cliche |
A utensil that contains a perforated sheet through which ink can be forced to create a printed pattern onto a surface.
A typeface looking as if made by the utensil.
(intransitive) To print with a stencil.
Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude.
(printing) A stereotype (printing plate).
As nouns the difference between stencil and cliche
is that stencil is a utensil that contains a perforated sheet through which ink can be forced to create a printed pattern onto a surface while cliche is (overused phrase or expression).As a verb stencil
is (intransitive) to print with a stencil.stencil
English
(wikipedia stencil)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* stencil artSee also
* pochoirVerb
External links
* (commonslite)Anagrams
* *cliche
English
Alternative forms
* clicheNoun
(wikipedia cliché) (en noun)- The villain kidnapping the love interest in a film is a bit of a cliché .