different between drawing vs etching

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?et?.??/
• Rhymes: -?t???

Noun

etching (plural etchings)

1. (uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.

   Coordinate term: engraving

   Hypernym: intaglio

   Hyponyms: aquatint, mezzotint

2. (countable) The image created by this process.

   • "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."

Derived terms

• etching scribe

Translations

Verb

etching

1. present participle of etch

Further reading

• etching on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• teching