Art vs. Craft

Artnoun

(uncountable) The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.

Artnoun

(countable) Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.

Artnoun

(uncountable) The study and the product of these processes.

Artnoun

(uncountable) Aesthetic value.

Artnoun

(uncountable) Artwork.

Artnoun

(countable) A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.

Artnoun

(countable) A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.

Artnoun

(countable) Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.

Artnoun

Contrivance, scheming, manipulation.

Art

The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style.

Artnoun

The employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the application of knowledge or power to practical purposes.

Artnoun

A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; - often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation.

Artnoun

The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill.

Artnoun

The application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature.

Artnoun

Those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts.

Artnoun

Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters.

Artnoun

Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, acquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; as, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage.

Artnoun

Skillful plan; device.

Artnoun

Cunning; artifice; craft.

Artnoun

The black art; magic.

Artnoun

the products of human creativity; works of art collectively;

Artnoun

the creation of beautiful or significant things;

Artnoun

a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation;

Artnoun

photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication;

Art

Art is a diverse range of (and products of) human activities involving creative imagination to express technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas.There is no generally agreed definition of what constitutes art, and ideas have changed over time. The three classical branches of visual art are painting, sculpture, and architecture.

Craftnoun

Strength; power; might; force .

Craftnoun

(uncountable) Intellectual power; skill; art.

Craftnoun

Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity .

Craftnoun

Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception .

Craftnoun

(obsolete) Occult art, magic .

Craftnoun

A work or product of art .

Craftnoun

(collective or plural) Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects; handicrafts .

Craftnoun

A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment .

Craftnoun

Learning of the schools, scholarship; a branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the ‘seven liberal arts’ of the medieval universities .

Craftnoun

(uncountable) Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .

Craftnoun

A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation .

Craftnoun

(countable) A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or ‘company’ .

Craftnoun

A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space .

Craftnoun

(nautical) Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.

Craftnoun

Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gun-boats, generally commanded by lieutenants.

Craftnoun

(figurative) A woman.

Craftnoun

Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. .

Craftverb

To make by hand and with much skill.

Craftverb

To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman).

Craftverb

(video games) To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.

Craftnoun

Strength; might; secret power.

Craftnoun

Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade.

Craftnoun

Those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild; as, the craft of ironmongers.

Craftnoun

Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices.

Craftnoun

A vessel; vessels of any kind; - generally used in a collective sense.

Craftverb

To play tricks; to practice artifice.

Craftnoun

the skilled practice of a practical occupation;

Craftnoun

a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space

Craftnoun

people who perform a particular kind of skilled work;

Craftnoun

skill in an occupation or trade

Craftnoun

shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

Craftverb

make by hand and with much skill;

Craft

A craft or trade is a pastime or an occupation that requires particular skills and knowledge of skilled work. In a historical sense, particularly the Middle Ages and earlier, the term is usually applied to people occupied in small scale production of goods, or their maintenance, for example by tinkers.