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Daub vs Smear - What's the difference?

daub | smear |

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

  • Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction .
  • A soft coating of mud, plaster etc.
  • A crude or amateurish painting.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
  • The artist just seemed to daub on paint at random and suddenly there was a painting.
  • To apply something to (a surface) in hasty or crude strokes.
  • * Bible, Exodus ii. 3
  • She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch.
  • To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner.
  • * I. Watts
  • If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring colours, the vulgar admire it as an excellent piece.
  • * Dryden
  • a lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over
  • To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
  • * Shakespeare
  • So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue.
  • To flatter excessively or glossy.
  • * Smollett
  • I can safely say, however, that, without any daubing at all, I am very sincerely your very affectionate, humble servant.
  • To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.
  • * Dryden
  • Let him be daubed with lace.

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    smear

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
  • The artist smeared paint over the canvas in broad strokes.
  • To have a substance smeared on (a surface).
  • She smeared her lips with lipstick.
  • To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions.
  • ''The opposition party attempted to smear the candidate by spreading incorrect and unverifiable rumors about their personal behavior.
  • To become spread by smearing.
  • The paint is still wet — don't touch it or it will smear .
  • To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
  • Synonyms

    * spread * (have a substance smeared on) coat, cover, layer

    Derived terms

    * smearer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mark made by smearing.
  • This detergent cleans windows without leaving smears .
  • (medicine) A Pap smear.
  • I'm going to the doctor's this afternoon for a 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.
  • Synonyms

    * (mark) streak * (Pap smear) Pap smear, Pap test

    Derived terms

    * cervical smear * smear campaign * smear case

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