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Watercolourist vs Watercolour - What's the difference?

watercolourist | watercolour |

Watercolourist is a derived term of watercolour.


As nouns the difference between watercolourist and watercolour

is that watercolourist is an artist who paints watercolours while watercolour is a water-soluble pigment.

As a adjective watercolour is

pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor.

watercolourist

English

Alternative forms

* watercolorist

Noun

(en noun)
  • An artist who paints watercolours
    • Jim's aunt is an avid watercolourist .

    watercolour

    English

    Alternative forms

    * watercolor (mostly US )

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A water-soluble pigment.
    • Jim's aunt only uses watercolours to paint her pictures.
  • A painting made by using such pigment.
    • Jim's aunt paints beautiful watercolours .
  • This kind of painting as a genre.
    • I'm not a big fan of watercolour ; I much prefer oil painting.

    Derived terms

    * watercolourist

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor.