abstraction vs painting

painting vs abstraction

abstraction and painting both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
abstraction	Yes	No	No	No
painting	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, painting is a hypernym of abstraction; that is, painting is a word with a broader meaning than abstraction:

abstraction: an abstract painting
painting: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

Other hypernyms of abstraction include picture.

abstraction (noun)	painting (noun)
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples	creating a picture with paints
the act of withdrawing or removing something	the occupation of a house painter
an abstract painting	the act of applying paint to a surface
a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance	graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances

Difference between abstraction and painting

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