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Imagery vs Imagist - What's the difference?

imagery | imagist |

As nouns the difference between imagery and imagist

is that imagery is the work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects while imagist is (arts) a follower of any of the various artistic schools known as imagism.

imagery

English

Noun

(wikipedia imagery) (imageries)
  • The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
  • Imitation work.
  • Images in general, or en masse.
  • (figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
  • The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
  • Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

    • imagist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (arts) A follower of any of the various artistic schools known as imagism
  • *{{quote-news, 1988, January 22, Holly Greenhagen, Art Facts: Ellen Lanyon's magic art, Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Most critics group Lanyon with the Chicago imagists , artists who use ordinary objects and meticulous detail to explore fantasy. }}

    See also

    *(Imagism)