Painting vs. Photography — What's the Difference?

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.

Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed in many fields of science, manufacturing (e.g., photolithography), and business, as well as its more direct uses for art, film and video production, recreational purposes, hobby, and mass communication.Typically, a lens is used to focus the light reflected or emitted from objects into a real image on the light-sensitive surface inside a camera during a timed exposure.

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

The art or practice of taking and processing photographs.

A picture or design in paint.

The art or process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces.

Present participle of paint

The art, practice, or occupation of taking and printing photographs.

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

A body of photographs.

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

The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.

(uncountable) The same activity as an art form.

The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.

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

The science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like.

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.

The art or process of producing pictures by this action of light.

Color laid on; paint.

The act of taking and printing photographs

A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.

The process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces

Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface;

The occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies

Creating a picture with paints;

The act of applying paint to a surface;

The occupation of a house painter;