paint vs fingerpaint

fingerpaint vs paint

paint and fingerpaint both are nouns.

paint is a verb but fingerpaint is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
paint	Yes	No	Yes	No
fingerpaint	Yes	No	No	No

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

paint: a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
fingerpaint: paint that has the consistency of jelly

Other hyponyms of paint include acrylic, acrylic paint, antifouling paint, distemper, enamel, encaustic, finger paint, house paint, housepaint, oil paint, semigloss, spray paint, water-base paint.

paint (noun)	fingerpaint (noun)
a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating	paint that has the consistency of jelly
makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
(basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court

paint (verb)	fingerpaint (verb)
apply paint to; coat with paint
apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
make a painting of
make a painting

Difference between paint and fingerpaint

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