painting vs oil painting

painting and oil painting both are nouns.

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

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

painting: creating a picture with paints
oil painting: the art or method of painting with oil paints

Other hyponyms of painting include distemper, fresco, impasto, water-color, water-colour, watercolor, watercolour, speedpaint, stereochromy.

As nouns, oil painting is a hyponym of painting; that is, oil 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
oil painting: a picture painted with oil paints

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

painting (noun)	oil painting (noun)
creating a picture with paints	the art or method of painting with oil paints
the occupation of a house painter	a picture painted with oil paints
the act of applying paint to a surface
graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

painting vs oil painting

painting and oil painting both are nouns.

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