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Painting vs Etching - What's the difference?

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Painting is a related term of etching.


As verbs the difference between painting and etching

is that painting is while etching is .

As nouns the difference between painting and etching

is that painting is (lb) an illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s) while etching is (lb) the art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.

painting

English

(wikipedia painting)

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s).
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  • *:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
  • (lb) The action of applying paint to a surface.
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  • (lb) The same activity as an art form.
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    • Synonyms

    The same activity as an art form * third art

    Derived terms

    * oil painting

    Related terms

    * painter

    Anagrams

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    etching

    English

    (wikipedia etching)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.
  • (lb) The image created by this process.
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  • *:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching ; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."

    • Derived terms

    * etching scribe

    Verb

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