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Painting vs Whitewashing - What's the difference?

painting | whitewashing |

As verbs the difference between painting and whitewashing

is that painting is while whitewashing is .

As nouns the difference between painting and whitewashing

is that painting is (lb) an illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s) while whitewashing is the application of whitewash.

painting

English

(wikipedia 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

    Related terms

    * painter

    Anagrams

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    whitewashing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The application of whitewash.
  • (figuratively) The effacement of errors or bad actions.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 15, author=, title=The Nixonian Whitewash, Scrubbed, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The institution insulted history by peddling ludicrous whitewashings — describing the Watergate criminal conspiracy as a “coup” by Nixon’s political rivals fed by fake scoops purchased by the Woodstein investigative duo at The Washington Post. }}