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Manga vs Cartoon - What's the difference?

manga | cartoon |

As nouns the difference between manga and cartoon

is that manga is a comic originating in Japan while cartoon is a humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.

As a verb cartoon is

to draw a cartoon.

manga

English

Noun

  • (label) A comic originating in Japan.
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  • (label) An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries.
  • A comic in manga style, regardless of the country of origin.
  • Lately I've been reading a Brazilian manga .

    Hyponyms

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    Hypernyms

    * comic

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    See also

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    cartoon

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
  • (comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.
  • (arts) An artist's preliminary sketch.
  • (animation) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.
  • * 12 July 2012 , Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
  • The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon , lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
  • A diagram in a scientific concept.
  • Synonyms

    * (humorous drawing or strip) comic strip, strip cartoon * (satire of public figures) caricature, political cartoon

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (arts, comics, animation) To draw a cartoon.
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