different between portrayal vs drawing
portrayal
English
Etymology
portray +? -al.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?p???t?e?.?l/
- Rhymes: -e??l
Noun
portrayal (plural portrayals)
- The act of portraying.
- The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
- 1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
- He had already designed the portrayal of his father as the old white king, and himself as the young white king, in a series of woodcuts illustrating the narrative which culminated in the one romance of his life, ...
- 1909, Arnold Bennett, Literary Taste
- For days afterwards you will not be able to look upon a child without recalling Lamb's portrayal of the grace of childhood.
- 1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
Translations
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drawing
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
- present participle of draw
Etymology 2
From Middle English drauing, drawing, equivalent to draw +? -ing.
Noun
drawing (countable and uncountable, plural drawings)
- A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
- (uncountable) The act of producing such a picture.
- Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
- The process of drawing or pulling something.
- Proverb: An official is great in his office as a well is rich in drawings of water.
- 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.
- 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
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