different between coloring vs drawing

English

Alternative forms

• colouring (British)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l?(?)
• Homophone: culler
• Hyphenation: col?or

Verb

coloring

1. present participle of color

Noun

coloring (countable and uncountable, plural colorings)

1. An act or process which applies color.
2. Any substance used to give color.

   Synonym: pigment

3. The appearance as to color.

   Synonym: coloration

4. A disguise or discoloration.
5. (graph theory) An assignment of a color to each vertex of a graph such that no two vertices connected by an edge are given the same color.

Antonyms

• bleach
• neutral
• shade

Hypernyms

• distinction
• mark

Hyponyms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• crooling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??.(w)??(?)/
• (cot-caught merger) IPA^(key): /?d??.??(?)/
• (intrusive R) IPA^(key): /?d?????(?)/
• Rhymes: -????
• Rhymes: -????? (in some dialects)

Etymology 1

From Middle English drauinge, drawinge, alteration of earlier drawende, drawand, from Old English dragende, from Proto-Germanic *dragandz (“drawing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *dragan? (“to draw; pull”), equivalent to draw +? -ing.

Verb

drawing

1. present participle of draw

Etymology 2

From Middle English drauing, drawing, equivalent to draw +? -ing.

Noun

drawing (countable and uncountable, plural drawings)

1. A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
2. (uncountable) The act of producing such a picture.
3. Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
4. The process of drawing or pulling something.

   Proverb: An official is great in his office as a well is rich in drawings of water.

5. An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat.
6. A small portion of tea for steeping.

Alternative forms

• dwg (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• drawing board
• technical drawing

Related terms

• draft
• drawer
• drawn work

Translations

See also

• sketch
• drafter
• draftsman

Anagrams

• Wingard, warding