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Verisimilitude vs Vignette - What's the difference?

verisimilitude | vignette |

As nouns the difference between verisimilitude and vignette

is that verisimilitude is the property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality, realism while vignette is sticker, adhesive label.

verisimilitude

Noun

(en noun)
  • The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality, realism.
  • A statement which merely appears to be true.
  • See also

    * probability

    vignette

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
  • (printing) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.
  • (by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
  • (by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
  • The small picture on a postage stamp.
  • (photography) The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, to produce an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.
  • Derived terms

    * vignetter * vignettist

    See also

    * colophon * coronis

    Verb

    (vignett)
  • To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away.
  • Derived terms

    * vignetting ----