Delineation vs Portrayal - What's the difference?
delineation | portrayal | Related terms |
The act of delineating; depiction.
(arts) An image of the outline of an object.
A graphic verbal description.
The act of portraying.
The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
* 1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
* 1909, Arnold Bennett, Literary Taste
As nouns the difference between delineation and portrayal
is that delineation is the act of delineating; depiction while portrayal is the act of portraying.delineation
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(en noun)portrayal
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(en noun)- He had already designed the portrayal of his father as the old white king, and himself as the young white king, in a series of woodcuts illustrating the narrative which culminated in the one romance of his life, ...
- For days afterwards you will not be able to look upon a child without recalling Lamb's portrayal of the grace of childhood.