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Portrait vs Miniportrait - What's the difference?

portrait | miniportrait |

As nouns the difference between portrait and miniportrait

is that portrait is while miniportrait is a small portrait.

portrait

English

Alternative forms

* pourtraict (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
  • * Sir J. Reynolds
  • In portraits , the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature.
  • (figuratively) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.
  • The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.
  • (computing, printing) A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.
  • Antonyms

    * (print mode or selection) landscape * (print mode or selection) profile

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To portray; to draw.
  • (Spenser)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal.
  • a portrait''' bust; a '''portrait statue
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    miniportrait

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small portrait.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 19, author=Jason Zinoman, title=High-Energy Behemoth Devours Edinburgh, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=And, for something completely different, there is “Incarnat,” a brutal and heartbreaking dance show from Brazil that features miniportraits of self-abasement involving nudity, gobs of chocolatelike liquid and a variety of beastly physical violence. }}