Graffiti vs Scratchiti - What's the difference?
graffiti | scratchiti |
(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.
A form of graffiti that is scratched into a surface, rather than drawn or painted.
* 2007 , Sid Nasr, Passing the American Charivari (page 35)
*{{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 20, author=Cintra Wilson, title=Better Angel, Out of the Dressing Room!, work=New York Times
, passage=The zebrawood paneling is beginning to get the scratchiti veneer of a grade-school desktop. }}
As nouns the difference between graffiti and scratchiti
is that graffiti is a form of vandalism involving painting text or images in public places while scratchiti is a form of graffiti that is scratched into a surface, rather than drawn or painted.As a verb graffiti
is to create such s.graffiti
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Alternative forms
* graffitoNoun
(-)Synonyms
* (archaeology) cave painting * (art) street art * (vandalism) defacementSee also
* sgraffitoUsage 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.See also
* deface * graffiti art * hip-hop * tagging * vandalism English disputed terms English words affected by prescriptivism ----scratchiti
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Noun
(-)- “What a trip!” Land had said as we took our seats on the Red Line. The seats were brand spanking new with no graffiti or scratchiti on the walls or windows and no need to purchase tickets!
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