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Painting vs. Photograph — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Painting and Photograph

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Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used.
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Photograph

A photograph (also known as a photo) is an image created by light falling on a photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor, such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a smartphone/camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of what the human eye would see.
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Painting

The process, art, or occupation of coating surfaces with paint for a utilitarian or artistic effect.
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Photograph

A picture made using a camera, in which an image is focused on to light-sensitive material and then made visible and permanent by chemical treatment, or stored digitally
A photograph of her father
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Painting

A picture or design in paint.
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Photograph

Take a photograph of
She has photographed all of the major ballet companies worldwide
He was commissioned to photograph in the Crimea during the war
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Painting

Present participle of paint
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Photograph

An image, especially a positive print, recorded by exposing a photosensitive surface to light, especially in a camera.
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Painting

(countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.
The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings.
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Photograph

To take a photograph of.
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Painting

(uncountable) The action of applying paint to a surface.
The outside of the old house would benefit from some painting.
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Photograph

To practice photography.
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Painting

(uncountable) The same activity as an art form.
Some artists, like Michelangelo, excel in both painting and sculpture.
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Photograph

To be the subject for photographs
She photographs well.
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Painting

The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors.
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Photograph

A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
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Painting

The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture.
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Photograph

To take a photograph (of).
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Painting

Color laid on; paint.
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Photograph

To fix permanently in the memory etc.
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Painting

A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.
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Photograph

(intransitive) To appear in a photograph.
She photographs well. The camera loves her.
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Painting

Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface;
A small painting by Picasso
He bought the painting as an investment
His pictures hang in the Louvre
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Photograph

A picture or likeness obtained by photography.
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Painting

Creating a picture with paints;
He studied painting and sculpture for many years
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Photograph

To take a picture or likeness of by means of photography; as, to photograph a view; to photograph a group.
He makes his pen drawing on white paper, and they are afterwards photographed on wood.
He is photographed on my mind.
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Painting

The act of applying paint to a surface;
You can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush
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Photograph

To practice photography; to take photographs.
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Painting

The occupation of a house painter;
House painting was the only craft he knew
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Photograph

A picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
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Photograph

Record on photographic film;
I photographed the scene of the accident
She snapped a picture of the President
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Photograph

Undergo being photographed in a certain way;
Children photograph well
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