painting vs trompe l'oeil

trompe l'oeil vs painting

painting and trompe l'oeil both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
painting	Yes	No	No	No
trompe l'oeil	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, trompe l'oeil is a hyponym of painting; that is, trompe l'oeil 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
trompe l'oeil: a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality

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, sand painting, seascape, waterscape, semi-abstraction, still life, tanka, water-color, water-colour, watercolor, watercolour.

painting (noun)	trompe l'oeil (noun)
creating a picture with paints	a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality
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 trompe l'oeil

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