painting vs finger-painting

painting and finger-painting both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
painting	Yes	No	No	No
finger-painting	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, finger-painting is a hyponym of painting; that is, finger-painting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than painting:

painting: the act of applying paint to a surface
finger-painting: painting by using the fingers to spread the paint

Other hyponyms of painting include spray painting, spatter, spattering, splash, splashing, splattering.

As nouns, finger-painting is a hyponym of painting; that is, finger-painting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than painting:

painting: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
finger-painting: a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers

Other hyponyms of painting include abstraction, cityscape, daub, distemper, icon, ikon, landscape, illumination, miniature, monochrome, mural, wall painting, nude, nude painting, oil painting, pentimento, sand painting, seascape, waterscape, semi-abstraction, still life, tanka, trompe l'oeil, water-color, water-colour, watercolor, watercolour.

painting (noun)	finger-painting (noun)
creating a picture with paints	painting by using the fingers to spread the paint
the occupation of a house painter	a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers
the act of applying paint to a surface
graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

painting vs finger-painting

painting and finger-painting both are nouns.

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