Collage vs Medley - What's the difference?
collage | medley |
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.
To make into a collage.
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*:Thenne came the kyng of Irland and the kynge of the stryete marches to rescowe syre Tristram and sire Palomydes / There beganne a grete medle / & many knyghtes were smyten doune on bothe partyes / and alweyes sir launcelot spared sir Tristram / and he spared hym
:(Holland)
A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
:a fruit medley
*Addison
*:this medley of philosophy and war
*W. Walsh
*:Love is a medley of endearments, jars, / Suspicions, reconcilements, wars.
(music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece.
:They played a medley of favorite folk songs as an encore.
(swimming) A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.
A cloth of mixed colours.
:(Fuller)