Portrait vs Caricature - What's the difference?
portrait | caricature |
A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
* Sir J. Reynolds
(figuratively) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.
(computing, printing) A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.
Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal.
A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.
* {{quote-news, year=2012
, date=May 24
, author=Nathan Rabin
, title=Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3
, work=The Onion AV Club
A grotesque misrepresentation.
* Macaulay
To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.
As nouns the difference between portrait and caricature
is that portrait is a painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders while caricature is a pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.As verbs the difference between portrait and caricature
is that portrait is to portray; to draw while caricature is to represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.As an adjective portrait
is representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal.portrait
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Alternative forms
* pourtraict (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- In portraits , the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature.
- The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.
Antonyms
* (print mode or selection) landscape * (print mode or selection) profileAdjective
(-)- a portrait''' bust; a '''portrait statue
caricature
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(wikipedia caricature)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Men In Black 3 lacks the novelty of the first film, and its take on the late ’60s feels an awful lot like a psychedelic dress-up party, all broad caricatures and groovy vibes.}}
- A grotesque caricature of virtue.
