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Graphic vs Written - What's the difference?

graphic | written | Synonyms |

Graphic is a synonym of written.


As adjectives the difference between graphic and written

is that graphic is drawn, pictorial while written is of, relating or characteristic of writing (ie, of that which has been written).

As a noun graphic

is a drawing or picture.

As a verb written is

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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

    External links

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    written

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written)
    • I can speak Japanese fairly well, but I have no understanding whatsoever of written Japanese.
  • That was written.

    • Derived terms

    * unwritten, writtenness, unwrittenness

    Quotations

    * * * * * * *

    Antonyms

    * oral * verbal

    Derived terms

    * hand-written

    Verb

    (head)
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author=(Henry Petroski)
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    * English adjectives ending in -en