Architecture vs. Vignette — What's the Difference?

Architecture (Latin architectura, from the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων arkhitekton "architect", from ἀρχι- "chief" and τέκτων "creator") is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or other structures. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art.

A decorative design placed at the beginning or end of a book or chapter of a book or along the border of a page.

The art and science of designing and erecting buildings.

An unbordered picture, often a portrait, that shades off into the surrounding color at the edges.

Buildings and other large structures

A short, usually descriptive literary sketch.

A style and method of design and construction

A short scene or incident, as from a movie.

Orderly arrangement of parts; structure

To provide (a photograph or image) with indistinct or fading edges.

(Computers) The overall design or structure of a computer system or microprocessor, including the hardware or software required to run it.

To describe in a brief way.

Any of various disciplines concerned with the design or organization of complex systems

(architecture) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.

The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.

(printing) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.

The profession of an architect.

(by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.

Any particular style of building design.

(by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.

Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.

(philately) The central pictorial image on a postage stamp.

A unifying structure.

(photography) The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, to produce an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.

(computing) A family of CPUs sharing a common instruction set and having partial or full compatibility with software built on each other.

(photography) Any effect in a photographic picture where qualities vanish towards the edges.

(computing) A specific model of a microchip or CPU.

(computer graphics) A hardware deficiency (even occurring in most expensive models) of a computer display wherein the picture slants towards a colour or brightness towards the edges especially if viewed from an angle.

The structure and design of a system or product.

(automotive) A small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen to indicate that tolls have been paid.

The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; - often called civil architecture.

To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away.

Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.

A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.

An architectural product or work

A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.

The discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings;

A picture, illustration, or depiction in words, esp. one of a small or dainty kind.

The profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect

To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away.

(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software;

A brief literary description

A photograph whose edges shade off gradually

A small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)