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Panting vs Painting - What's the difference?

panting | painting |

As verbs the difference between panting and painting

is that panting is present participle of lang=en while painting is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between panting and painting

is that panting is the act of one who pants while painting is an illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s).

panting

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who pants.
  • * William Wordsworth
  • Now here, now there, moved by the straggling wind, / Came ever and anon a breathlike sound, / Quick as the pantings of the faithful dog

    painting

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s).
  • :
  • *
  • *:"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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