Statue vs Mural - What's the difference?
statue | mural |
A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
* Shakespeare
(dated) A portrait.
To form a statue of; to make into a statue.
* Feltham
Of or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall.
* Milton
* Evelyn
Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep.
As nouns the difference between statue and mural
is that statue is a three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting while mural is a large painting, usually drawn on a wall.As a verb statue
is to form a statue of; to make into a statue.As an adjective mural is
of or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall.statue
English
Noun
(en noun)- I will raise her statue in pure gold.
- (Massinger)
Hypernyms
* image, sculpture, simulacrumHyponyms
* bust, figurineDerived terms
* statued * statuelike * statuesqueVerb
(statu)- The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.
Anagrams
* ----mural
English
Adjective
(-)- a mural quadrant
- Disburden'd Heav'n rejoiced, and soon repair'd / Her mural breach
- In the nectarine and the like delicate mural fruit, the later your pruning, the better.
- a mural precipice