Painter vs Drawing - What's the difference?
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An artist who paints pictures.
A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.
(label) A mountain lion, by mispronunciation of "panther".
(label) A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in use.
(label) A rope connected to the bow of a boat, used to attach it to e.g. a jetty or another boat.
* 1908 , (Kenneth Grahame), (The Wind in the Willows) :
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A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
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The act of producing such a picture.
Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat).
A small portion of tea for steeping.
* 1853 , Alice Cary, Clovernook
As a proper noun painter
is .As a verb drawing is
.As a noun drawing is
a picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.painter
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(wikipedia painter)Etymology 1
From (paint), influenced by (etyl) paintre.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
{{der3, painter's colic , painter-stainer}}Etymology 2
Probably from (etyl) (m).Noun
(en noun)- "Shove that (fat, wicker luncheon-basket) under your feet," he observed to the Mole, as he passed it down into the boat. Then he untied the painter and took the sculls again.
The Three Corpse Trick, chapter=5 , passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter , and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}
drawing
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Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}
- the tea-kettle was presently steaming like an engine, and an extra large "drawing of tea" was steeping on the hearth.