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Mosaic vs. Collage

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Mosaicnoun

A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.

Collagenoun

A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface.

Mosaicnoun

(genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.

Collagenoun

A composite object or collection (abstract or concrete) created by the assemblage of various media; especially for a work of art such as text, film, etc..

Mosaicnoun

(plant disease) Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves.

Collagenoun

(uncountable) The technique of producing a work of art of this kind.

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Mosaicnoun

A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.

Collageverb

(transitive) To make into a collage.

Mosaicadjective

(of an individual) Containing cells of varying genetic constitution.

Collagenoun

any picture made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs, especially in unusual or surprising ways.

Mosaicnoun

A surface decoration made by inlaying in patterns small pieces of variously colored glass, stone, or other material; - called also mosaic work.

Collagenoun

the technique of producing a work of art that is a collage{1}.

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Mosaicnoun

A picture or design made in mosaic; an article decorated in mosaic.

Collagenoun

any composite object, whether abstract or concrete, created by assembling components of varied types.

Mosaicnoun

Something resembling a mosaic{1}; something made up of different pieces, fitted together by design to form a unified composition.

Collagenoun

a film having scenes of different types or from different locations displayed in rapid succession without transitions.

Mosaicadjective

Of or pertaining to the style of work called mosaic; formed by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated; tessellated; also, composed of various materials or ingredients.

‘A very beautiful mosaic pavement.’;

Collagenoun

a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image;

‘he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map’;

Mosaic

Of or pertaining to Moses, the leader of the Israelites, or established through his agency; as, the Mosaic law, rites, or institutions.

Collagenoun

any collection of diverse things;

‘a collage of memories’;

Mosaicnoun

art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass

Collagenoun

a piece of art made by sticking various different materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric on to a backing.

Mosaicnoun

viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves

Collagenoun

the art of making collages.

Mosaicnoun

a freeware browser

Collagenoun

a collection or combination of various things

‘a collage of musical genres’;

Mosaicnoun

a pattern resembling a mosaic

Collage

Collage (, from the French: coller, or ) is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. (Compare with pastiche, which is a together.) A collage may sometimes include magazine and newspaper clippings, ribbons, paint, bits of colored or handmade papers, portions of other artwork or texts, photographs and other found objects, glued to a piece of paper or canvas.

‘to glue’; ‘to stick together’; ‘pasting’;

Mosaicnoun

transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube

Mosaicnoun

assembly of aerial photographs forming a composite picture

Mosaicadjective

of or relating to Moses or the laws and writings attributed to him;

‘Mosaic Law’;

Mosaicadjective

decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together;

‘a mosaic floor’; ‘a tessellated pavement’;

Mosaicnoun

a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small pieces of stone, tile, glass, etc.

‘the walls and vaults are decorated by marble and mosaic’; ‘mosaics on the interior depict scenes from the Old Testament’;

Mosaicnoun

a colourful and variegated pattern

‘the bird's plumage was a mosaic of slate-grey, blue, and brown’;

Mosaicnoun

a combination of diverse elements forming a more or less coherent whole

‘a cultural mosaic’;

Mosaicnoun

an arrangement of photosensitive elements in a television camera.

Mosaicnoun

an individual (especially an animal) composed of cells of two genetically different types.

Mosaicnoun

a virus disease that results in leaf variegation in tobacco, maize, sugar cane, and other plants.

Mosaicverb

decorate with a mosaic

‘he mosaicked the walls, ceilings, and floors’;

Mosaicverb

combine (distinct or disparate elements) to form a picture or pattern

‘the digital data were combined, or mosaicked, to delineate counties’;

Mosaicadjective

of or associated with Moses.

Mosaic

A mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface. Mosaics are often used as floor and wall decoration, and were particularly popular in the Ancient Roman world.

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