drawing vs silverpoint

silverpoint vs drawing

drawing and silverpoint both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drawing	Yes	No	No	No
silverpoint	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, silverpoint is a hyponym of drawing; that is, silverpoint is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than drawing:

drawing: a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines
silverpoint: a drawing made on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries)

Other hyponyms of drawing include charcoal, delineation, depiction, limning, line drawing, diagram, mechanical drawing, pen-and-ink, architectural plan, plan, rendering, doodle, scrabble, scribble, silhouette, sketch, study, stick figure, trace, tracing.

drawing (noun)	silverpoint (noun)
the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams	a drawing made on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries)
act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source
players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines
an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper

Difference between drawing and silverpoint

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