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Starring vs Artist - What's the difference?

starring | artist |

As nouns the difference between starring and artist

is that starring is the action of the verb to star while artist is one who performs extraordinary physical tricks, such as on a trapeze.

As an adjective starring

is of, relating to, or in the manner of a star.

As a verb starring

is .

starring

English

Adjective

(-)
  • of, relating to, or in the manner of a star
    • Charlton Heston had a starring role in Ben-Hur.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (with a film as its subject ) That which has the specified actor or actors, especially those in lead roles, in its cast.
    • Ben-Hur, starring Charlton Heston

    Synonyms

    * (having actors in its cast''): featuring (''often used for actors other than those in the lead roles )

    Noun

    (-)
  • The action of the verb to star .

    • artist

    English

    Noun

  • A person who creates art.
  • A person who creates art as an occupation.
  • A person who is skilled at some activity.

    • Derived terms

    * artistdom * artistic * artistically * artistry * con artist * escape artist * pickup artist * piss-artist * quick-change artist

    See also

    * animator * artisan * drawer * sculptor

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Artistic.
  • *, vol.1, ch.24:
    • Nature, to shew that nothing is savage in whatsoever she produceth, causeth oftentimes, even in rudest and most unarted nations, productions of spirits to arise, that confront and wrestle with the most artist productions.

    Anagrams

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