different between drawing vs study

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): /?st?di/
• Rhymes: -?di

Etymology 1

From Middle English studien, from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier) from Medieval Latin studi?re and Latin stud?re, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, hit”). Displaced native Old English cneordlæcan.

Verb

study (third-person singular simple present studies, present participle studying, simple past and past participle studied)

1. (usually academic) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.

2. (academic) To take a course or courses on a subject.

3. To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.

4. To look at minutely.

5. To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
   • July 10, 1732, Jonathan Swift, letter to Mr. Gay and The Duchess of Queensberry

     I found a moral first, and studied for a fable.

6. To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.

   • And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you […]

Conjugation

Synonyms

• con
• elucubrate
• research
• revise
• swot

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English studie, from Old French estudie (Modern French étude), from Latin studium (“zeal, dedication, study”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, hit”). Doublet of studio.

Noun

study (countable and uncountable, plural studies)

1. Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

   • 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations

     Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
2. The act of studying or examining; examination.
3. Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
   • 1762, Edmund Law, An extract from A serious call to a devout and holy life

     The Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament, are her daily study.
5. A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.

   • his cheery little study

6. An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.

7. The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.

8. (music) A piece for special practice; an étude.
9. (academic) An academic publication.

10. One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
11. (obsolete) A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
12. (archaic) Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.

Synonyms

• (private male room): cabinet, closet (archaic)

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:study

Coordinate terms

• (private male room): boudoir (female equivalent)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Dusty, Dutys, Duyst, dusty