Delineation vs Lineation - What's the difference?

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Delineation is a related term of lineation.


As nouns the difference between delineation and lineation

is that delineation is the act of delineating; depiction while lineation is lineation.

delineation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of delineating; depiction.
  • (arts) An image of the outline of an object.
  • A graphic verbal description.

    • lineation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) A linear feature in rock, often structural
    • magnetic lineations
  • (literature) The way in which line breaks are inserted in a poem
  • *{{quote-book, 2001, Shira Wolosky, The Art of Poetry citation
    • , passage=Lineation is very much a matter of syntax, organizing the poem's grammar across its lines in ways significant and central to the poem's meaning.}}

    Related terms

    *lineate *delineation