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Doodle vs Graffiti - What's the difference?

doodle | graffiti |

As nouns the difference between doodle and graffiti

is that doodle is a fool, a simpleton, a mindless person while graffiti is a form of vandalism involving painting text or images in public places.

As verbs the difference between doodle and graffiti

is that doodle is to draw or scribble (something) aimlessly while graffiti is to create such s.

doodle

English

(wikipedia doodle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A fool, a simpleton, a mindless person.
  • * 1764 , Samuel Foote, The Mayor of Garrett , W. Lowndes (1797), page 43:
  • Mrs. Sneak . Why doodle ! jackanapes! harkee, who am I?
    Sneak . Come, don't go to call names: am I? vhy my vife, and I am your master.
  • * 1812 , "THE TEARS OF SIR VICARY!!!", The Scourge , 2 March 1812, page 231:
  • Perceval . Weep on! weep on! thou flouted loon,
    Weep on! weep on! thou gowky doodle !
  • * 1837 , "Carmen Inaugurale", Tait's Edinburgh Magazine , November 1837, page 676:
  • Courtier, it was thine to bow —
    Great Arthur he, and Doodle thou!
  • A small mindless sketch, etc.
  • Penis.
  • * 1993 , Patti Walkuski, No Bed of Roses: Memoirs of a Madam , Wakefield Press (1993), ISBN 9781862543102, page 189:
  • His doodle hung as limp as last month's celery.
  • * 1996 , Jane Bonander, Winter Heart , Pocket Star Books (1996), ISBN 9780671529826, page 43:
  • Her favorite had been when she'd convinced the lascivious guards that Dinah's red hair meant she was a witch, and if they molested her, their doodles' would shrivel up between their legs and fall off. Daisy had assured her that no man would risk losing his ' doodle .
  • * 2011 , Lexi George, Demon Hunting in Dixie , Brava Books (2011), ISBN 9780758263094, unnumbered page:
  • All of Dwight's parts wandered, especially his doodle'. He had the wandering-est '''doodle''' in three states. His '''doodle''' had its own set of legs. His '''doodle''' was hardly at home. Heck, according to rumor Dwight Farris's '''doodle was hardly ever in his ''pants .
  • *
  • Synonyms

    * (fool) see also . * (penis) see also .

    Derived terms

    * doodlebug * Google Doodle * sardoodledom * Yankee Doodle

    See also

    * doddle

    Verb

    (doodl)
  • To draw or scribble (something) aimlessly
  • graffiti

    English

    Alternative forms

    * graffito

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chiefly, uncountable) A form of vandalism involving painting text or images in public places.
  • (chiefly, uncountable) A form of art involving painting text or images in public places.
  • (archaeology, countable) Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.
  • Synonyms

    * (archaeology) cave painting * (art) street art * (vandalism) defacement

    See also

    * sgraffito

    Usage notes

    * There is no universal singular form to denote a single piece of graffiti. In archaeology, and occasionally elsewhere, graffito is used, reflecting the Italian singular. There is some non-standard usage of graffitus, as though it were Latin (compare focus, plural foci); graffitum, also Latin sounding; and itself, unmodified. * There is no clear dividing line between graffiti that constitutes art and that consitutes vandalism; in cases where this word may be misinterpreted, consider using a synonym.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To create such images
  • See also

    * deface * graffiti art * hip-hop * tagging * vandalism English disputed terms English words affected by prescriptivism ----