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Decoupage vs Collage - What's the difference?

decoupage | collage |

As nouns the difference between decoupage and collage

is that decoupage is an art technique in which paper cut outs (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated while collage is a picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface.

As verbs the difference between decoupage and collage

is that decoupage is to perform or use the art technique of decoupage while collage is to make into a collage.

decoupage

English

(wikipedia decoupage)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An art technique in which paper cut outs (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated
  • An artwork made by this technique

    • Verb

    (decoupag)
  • To perform or use the art technique of decoupage.
    • ----

    collage

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface.
  • A composite object or collection (abstract or concrete) created by the assemblage of various media; especially for a work of art such as text, film, etc..
  • * "Richard Brautigan's novel is a collage of memories."
  • (uncountable) The technique of producing such a work of art that is a collage.

    • Derived terms

    * collage film * collage novel * collagic * collagist * collagistic

    See also

    * montage

    Verb

    (collag)
  • To make into a collage.

    • See also

    * (collage) * (commonslite) ----