Miniaturist vs Miniature - What's the difference?
miniaturist | miniature |
An artist who paints miniature figures or scenes.
A person who creates or collects miniature figurines (such as dolls).
* 1998 , Andrea Barham, Dolls' House Accessories, Fixtures & Fittings
* 2004 , Catriona Hall, The Miniature Costumier: Removable Clothing for Dolls' House People
* 2006 , Brian Long, The Authentic Tudor & Stuart Dolls' House
Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
A musical composition which is short in duration.
(gaming) A token in a game representing a unit or character.
Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
A particular feature or trait.
Smaller than normal.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-09-06, author=
, volume=189, issue=13, page=39, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.
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Miniaturist is a derived term of miniature.
As nouns the difference between miniaturist and miniature
is that miniaturist is an artist who paints miniature figures or scenes while miniature is greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.As a adjective miniature is
smaller than normal.miniaturist
English
Noun
(en noun)- Power scissors Every miniaturist should have a pair.
- The miniaturist's hobby is as varied as the people who pursue it.
- There are many smaller devices to be found, particularly in Scotland, which are more suited to the miniaturist .
miniature
English
("miniature on Wikiquote")Noun
(en noun)- There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantlepiece.
- Sacha composed a miniature for strings as a final project at the conservatory.
- Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleonic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.
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Derived terms
* miniaturistAdjective
(en adjective)Alok Jha
Miniature brains grown in lab, passage=Scientists have grown miniature human brains in test tubes, creating a "tool" that will allow them to watch how the organs develop in the womb and, they hope, increase their understanding of neurological and mental problems. ¶ Just a few millimetres across, the "cerebral organoids" are built up of layers of brain cells with defined regions that resemble those seen in immature, embryonic brains.}}