painting vs sand painting

sand painting vs painting

painting and sand painting both are nouns.

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

As nouns, sand painting is a hyponym of painting; that is, sand 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
sand painting: a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho); made of fine colored sands on a neutral background

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

painting (noun)	sand painting (noun)
creating a picture with paints	a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho); made of fine colored sands on a neutral background
the occupation of a house painter
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 sand painting

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