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Mosaic vs Collage - What's the difference?

mosaic | collage |

As nouns the difference between mosaic and collage

is that mosaic is a piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture while collage is a picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface.

As an adjective mosaic

is containing cells of varying genetic constitution.

As a verb collage is

to make into a collage.

mosaic

English

Alternative forms

* mosaick (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
  • (genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.
  • (botany) A viral disease of plants.
  • A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (of an individual) Containing cells of varying genetic constitution.

    • Related terms

    * alphamosaic * mosaicism * mosaicist * photomosaic

    See also

    * ("mosaic" on Wikipedia) *

    collage

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface.
  • A composite object or collection (abstract or concrete) created by the assemblage of various media; especially for a work of art such as text, film, etc..
  • * "Richard Brautigan's novel is a collage of memories."
  • (uncountable) The technique of producing such a work of art that is a collage.

    • Derived terms

    * collage film * collage novel * collagic * collagist * collagistic

    See also

    * montage

    Verb

    (collag)
  • To make into a collage.

    • See also

    * (collage) * (commonslite) ----