Painting vs. Photograph

Paintingverb

present participle of paint

Photographnoun

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

Paintingnoun

(countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.

‘The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings.’;

Photographverb

(transitive) To take a photograph of.

Paintingnoun

(uncountable) The action of applying paint to a surface.

‘The outside of the old house would benefit from some painting.’;

Photographverb

(intransitive) To take photographs.

Paintingnoun

(uncountable) The same activity as an art form.

‘Some artists, like Michelangelo, excel in both painting and sculpture.’;

Photographverb

(intransitive) To appear in a photograph.

‘She photographs well. The camera loves her.’;

Paintingnoun

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

Photographnoun

A picture or likeness obtained by photography.

Paintingnoun

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.

Photographverb

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.’;

Paintingnoun

Color laid on; paint.

Photographverb

To practice photography; to take photographs.

Paintingnoun

A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.

Photographnoun

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

Paintingnoun

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’;

Photographverb

record on photographic film;

‘I photographed the scene of the accident’; ‘She snapped a picture of the President’;

Paintingnoun

creating a picture with paints;

‘he studied painting and sculpture for many years’;

Photographverb

undergo being photographed in a certain way;

‘Children photograph well’;

Paintingnoun

the act of applying paint to a surface;

‘you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush’;

Photographnoun

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’;

Paintingnoun

the occupation of a house painter;

‘house painting was the only craft he knew’;

Photographverb

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’;

Painting

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

‘matrix’; ‘support’;

Photographverb

appear in a particular way when in a photograph

‘that cityscape photographs well’;

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.