different between colourful vs artistic

English

Adjective

colourful (comparative more colourful, superlative most colourful)

1. Britain standard spelling of colorful.
   • 1895, The Annual of the British School at Athens

     It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs.

   • 1895, H. Walter Staner and Henry Sturmey, The Autocar

     One of the most colourful people in motor racing, he writes in a colourful manner.

   • 2002, news.bbc.co.uk

     Hussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering some colourful language.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French artistique, from artiste + -ique. Surface analysis artist + -ic.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???t?st?k/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???t?st?k/
• Rhymes: -?st?k
• Hyphenation: ar?tist?ic

Adjective

artistic (comparative more artistic, superlative most artistic)

1. Having or revealing creative skill.
2. Relating to or characteristic of art or artists.
3. Aesthetically pleasing.

Synonyms

• artist (archaic)

Adverb

artistic (comparative more artistic, superlative most artistic)

1. (nonstandard) Artistically, in an artistic style.

   Antonym: inartistic

Translations

Anagrams

• triatics

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French artistique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar?tis.tik/

Adjective

artistic m or n (feminine singular artistic?, masculine plural artistici, feminine and neuter plural artistice)

1. artistic

Declension

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