different between manhwa vs webtoon

English

Etymology

From Korean ??(??) (manhwa), from Japanese ?? (manga). Doublet of manga.

Noun

manhwa (plural manhwas or manhwa)

1. (comics) A Korean comic.
   • 2004, Christopher Hart, Manhwa Mania: How to Draw Korean Comics, Watson-Guptill Publications (2004), ?ISBN, page 7:

     In fact, many manga fans don't realize that their favorite comics — such as Priest, Ragnarock, and Island — are actually Korean manhwa!

   • 2007, Jason Thompson, Manga: The Complete Guide, Del Rey (2007), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     Since the Korean language reads left to right (unlike Chinese and Japanese), manhwa are printed left to right in the same format as English books.

   • 2008, Mark James Russell, Pop Goes Korea: Behind the Revolution in Movies, Music, and Internet Culture, Stone Bridge Press (2008), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     As the best Japanese titles were mined, the American companies began to look for alternatives, and Tokyopop's founder Stuart Levy already had a budding interest in Korean manhwa.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:manhwa.

Hypernyms

• comic/comics

Coordinate terms

• manga - Japanese comics
• manhua - Chinese comics
• komku - Malaysian comics

Related terms

• manhwaga (a manhwa artist/author)

See also

• comic book
• comic strip
• 4-koma

French

Etymology

From Korean ??(??) (manhwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.nwa/

Noun

manhwa m (plural manhwas)

1. (comics) Korean comics

Hypernyms

• bédé / BéDé / BD / bande dessinée

Coordinate terms

• manga
• manhua

Indonesian

Etymology

From Korean ?? (manhwa) (??), from Japanese ??(???) (manga). Doublet of manga and manhua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?man.hwa]
• Hyphenation: man?hwa

Noun

manhwa

1. manhwa, a Korean comic.

   Hypernym: komik

Further reading

• “manhwa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

English

Etymology

Web +? toon

Noun

webtoon (plural webtoons)

1. (Internet) An animated cartoon published on the World Wide Web.
   • 2009, Caroline Nixon, Michael Tomlinson, Kid's Box 5 Pupil's Book: Book 5

     More and more cartoons are made using special techniques with a lot of help from computers. Some people are making cartoons for the internet. These are called webtoons. You could make a webtoon, too.

   • 2010, Michael Duggan, PSP Game Creation for Teens (page 13)

     When it comes to Flash animated cartoons, also called webtoons, the first noted use was in 1999 when Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi set out to bring cartoons to the Web. Soon after, webtoons began popping up everywhere.