paint vs fresco

fresco vs paint

paint and fresco both are nouns.

paint and fresco both are verbs.

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

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

paint: make a painting
fresco: paint onto wet plaster on a wall

Other hyponyms of paint include finger-paint, stipple, bodypaint, distemper, charge, fill in, shade, stipple, watercolor, watercolour.

paint (noun)	fresco (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	a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks	a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
(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)	fresco (verb)
apply paint to; coat with paint	paint onto wet plaster on a wall
apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
make a painting of
make a painting

Difference between paint and fresco

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