Daub vs Smear - What's the difference?
daub | smear |
Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction .
A soft coating of mud, plaster etc.
A crude or amateurish painting.
To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
To apply something to (a surface) in hasty or crude strokes.
* Bible, Exodus ii. 3
To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner.
* I. Watts
* Dryden
To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
* Shakespeare
To flatter excessively or glossy.
* Smollett
To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.
* Dryden
To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
To have a substance smeared on (a surface).
To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions.
To become spread by smearing.
To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
A mark made by smearing.
(medicine) A Pap smear.
A false attack.
A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
A rough glissando in jazz music.
In transitive terms the difference between daub and smear
is that daub is to paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner while smear is to damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions.daub
English
(wikipedia daub)Noun
Verb
(en verb)- The artist just seemed to daub on paint at random and suddenly there was a painting.
- She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch.
- If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring colours, the vulgar admire it as an excellent piece.
- a lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over
- So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue.
- I can safely say, however, that, without any daubing at all, I am very sincerely your very affectionate, humble servant.
- Let him be daubed with lace.
Anagrams
*smear
English
Verb
(en verb)- The artist smeared paint over the canvas in broad strokes.
- She smeared her lips with lipstick.
- ''The opposition party attempted to smear the candidate by spreading incorrect and unverifiable rumors about their personal behavior.
- The paint is still wet — don't touch it or it will smear .
Synonyms
* spread * (have a substance smeared on) coat, cover, layerDerived terms
* smearerNoun
(en noun)- This detergent cleans windows without leaving smears .
- I'm going to the doctor's this afternoon for a smear .