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Sketch vs Shorthand - What's the difference?

sketch | shorthand |

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

* scetch

Verb

(es)
  • To make a brief, basic drawing.
  • I usually sketch with a pen rather than a pencil.
  • To describe briefly and with very few details.
  • He sketched the accident, sticking to the facts as they had happened.

    Noun

    (es)
  • A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.
  • *
  • *: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.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03, author=
  • , title=, volume=100, issue=2, page=106, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= 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.}}
  • 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.
  • Descendants

    * German: (l)

    shorthand

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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
  • The jargon becomes a shorthand for these advanced concepts.

    See also

    * longhand * shorthanded English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs