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Painting vs Paints - What's the difference?

painting | paints |

As verbs the difference between painting and paints

is that painting is present participle of lang=en while paints is third-person singular of paint.

As nouns the difference between painting and paints

is that painting is an illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s) while paints is plural of lang=en.

painting

Verb

(head)
  • 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

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    paints

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (paint)
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