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Graphic vs Graphics - What's the difference?

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Graphics is a related term of graphic.



As nouns the difference between graphic and graphics

is that graphic is a drawing or picture while graphics is the making of architectural or design drawings.

As an adjective graphic

is drawn, pictorial.

graphic

English

Alternative forms

* graphick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • drawn, pictorial
  • vivid, descriptive, often in relation to depictions of sex or violence

    • Related terms

    * graphical

    Derived terms

    * graphics card

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A drawing or picture.
  • (mostly in plural) A computer-generated image as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
    • I've just played this new computer game: the graphics are amazing.

    Related terms

    * graphic art * graph * graphical * graphician * lithographic * photographic * pornographic * reprographic

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    graphics

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia graphics) (computer graphics) (-)
  • The making of architectural or design drawings.
  • The graphic arts.
  • (computing) The pictorial representation and manipulation of data; the process by which a computer displays data.
  • (computing) The art or visual representations displayed by a computer.
    • This game is really fun, but the graphics aren't very good.

    Derived terms

    * graphics engine * pseudographics * vector graphics

    Related terms

    * graph * graphic * graphical