Paintery vs Painter - What's the difference?
paintery | painter |
A place where paintings are done in bulk.
To make or become paintery.
To make photo images look as if they are painted
:How paintery would you like the image? 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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As nouns the difference between paintery and painter
is that paintery is a place where paintings are done in bulk while painter is an artist who paints pictures.As an adjective paintery
is to make or become paintery.As a proper noun Painter is
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English
Noun
(painteries)Adjective
(en adjective)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.}}