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Mosaic vs Pixel - What's the difference?

mosaic | pixel |

As nouns the difference between mosaic and pixel

is that mosaic is mosaic while pixel is (label).

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) *

    pixel

    English

    (wikipedia pixel)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.

    • Synonyms

    * pel (rare)

    Derived terms

    * megapixel * peep pixels * pixelated, pixellated * pixelation * pixelization * pixel peeper * subpixel * voxel * texel

    See also

    * triangle ----