Portrait vs Portraitlike - What's the difference?
portrait | portraitlike |
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.
Resembling or characteristic of a portrait.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 6, author=The New York Times, title=Dance Listings, work=New York Times
, passage=Known for his interest in capturing the peculiarities of contemporary life, often in small-scale, portraitlike works, Mr. Keigwin has now turned his attention to the Big Apple. }}
As a noun portrait
is .As an adjective portraitlike is
resembling or characteristic of a portrait.portrait
English
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
portraitlike
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation