Sketch vs Shorthand - What's the difference?
sketch | shorthand |
To make a brief, basic drawing.
To describe briefly and with very few details.
A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
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, title=, volume=100, issue=2, page=106, magazine=(American Scientist)
, title= A rough design, plan, or draft, as a rough draft of a book.
A brief description of a person or account of an incident; a general presentation or outline.
A brief, light, or unfinished dramatic, musical, or literary work or idea; a short, often humorous or satirical scene or play, frequently as part of a revue or variety show, a skit; or, a brief musical composition or theme, especially for the piano; or, a brief, light, or informal literary composition, such as an essay or short story.
(lb) An amusing person.
Keeping sketch : to keep a lookout.
A compendious and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography; phonography
any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something
As nouns the difference between sketch and shorthand
is that sketch is sketch (short musical, dramatic or literary work or idea) while shorthand is a compendious and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols, for letters, words, etc; short writing; stenography; phonography.sketch
English
(wikipedia sketch)Alternative forms
* scetchVerb
(es)- I usually sketch with a pen rather than a pencil.
- He sketched the accident, sticking to the facts as they had happened.
Noun
(es)Pixels or Perish, passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches , geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}
Descendants
* German: (l)shorthand
English
Noun
(en noun)- The jargon becomes a shorthand for these advanced concepts.