Illustrate vs Paint - What's the difference?

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Illustrate is a related term of paint.

As a verb illustrate

is (obsolete) to shed light upon; to illuminate.

As a noun paint is

a paint horse.

illustrate

English

Verb

(illustrat)

(obsolete) To shed light upon; to illuminate.

* Were the Moon smooth, as a looking glass, a very small part would be seen by any particular eye to be illustrated by the Sun.

* Chapman

Here, when the moon illustrates all the sky.

To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.

* Milton

To prove him, and illustrate his high worth.

* {{quote-news

, year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Moldova 0-5 England , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England were graphically illustrating the huge gulf in class between the sides and it was no surprise when Lampard added the second just before the half hour. Steven Gerrard found his Liverpool team-mate Glen Johnson and Lampard arrived in the area with perfect timing to glide a header beyond Namasco.}}

* We illustrate our definitions by including quotations or simple examples.

To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.

* The economics textbook was illustrated with many graphs.

(obsolete) To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious; to glorify.

* Milton

Matter to me of glory, whom their hate / Illustrates .

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paint

English

(wikipedia paint)

Noun

A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.

(in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.

* 2007 , Jesse Guthrie, Catherine's Addiction (page 116)

René went back into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on, got out his paints and started on a new painting. He felt inspired.

(basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with ''the''.

The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint .

(uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.

I am running low on paint for my marker.

(poker, slang) A face card (king, queen, or jack).

(computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.

* 1993 , Emil Ihrig, CorelDRAW! 4 made easy

It combines traditional paint capabilities with photograph enhancement features.

* 1998 , Kit Laybourne, The animation book: a complete guide to animated filmmaking

Computer paint software operates similarly but adds features that are delightfully familiar and useful to artists trained in traditional graphics materials.

* 2001 , Maureen Sprankle, Problem Solving for Information Processing

If using a paint package, you must specify the color before you draw the line or shape.

Derived terms

* face paint * finger paint * like watching paint dry * Paint / Paint Horse * paintbrush * paint job * war paint

References

* Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

Verb

(en verb)

To apply paint to.

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To apply in the manner that paint is applied.

To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

not painted with the crimson spots of blood

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

Cuckoo buds of yellow hue / Do paint the meadows with delight.

To create (an image) with paints.

to paint a portrait or a landscape

To practise the art of painting pictures.

I've been painting since I was a young child.

(computing) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.

* 1991 , Ernest R Tello, Object-oriented Programming for Windows

Sent to a minimized window when the icon's background must be filled before it is painted .

(figuratively) To depict or portray.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

Disloyal? / The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.

* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.

To color one's face by way of beautifying it.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

Let her paint an inch thick.

(transitive, military, slang) To direct a radar beam toward.

Derived terms

* painted lady * painted trillium * painted vulture * painter * painting * paint oneself into a corner * paint out * paint the town red * paint with a broad brush * repaint

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