painting vs ikon

ikon vs painting

painting and ikon both are nouns.

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

As nouns, ikon is a hyponym of painting; that is, ikon 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
ikon: a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church

Other hyponyms of painting include abstraction, cityscape, daub, distemper, finger-painting, icon, 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)	ikon (noun)
creating a picture with paints	a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
the occupation of a house painter	a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church
the act of applying paint to a surface
graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

Difference between painting and ikon

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