Diagram vs. Drawing

Diagramnoun

A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how something works, or show the relationships between the parts of a whole.

Diagramnoun

A graph or chart.

Diagramnoun

(category theory) A functor from an index category to another category. The objects and morphisms of the index category need not have any internal substance, but rather merely outline the connective structure of at least some part of the diagram's codomain. If the index category is J and the codomain is C, then the diagram is said to be "of type J in C".

Diagramverb

(transitive) To represent or indicate something using a diagram.

Diagramnoun

A figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement, or facilitate a demonstration; a plan.

Diagramnoun

Any simple drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes, or to assist a verbal explanation which refers to it; a mechanical drawing, as distinguished from an artistical one.

Diagramverb

To put into the form of a diagram.

Diagramnoun

a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts

Diagramverb

make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed

Diagramnoun

a simplified drawing showing the appearance, structure, or workings of something; a schematic representation

Diagramnoun

a figure composed of lines that is used to illustrate a definition or statement or to aid in the proof of a proposition.

Diagramnoun

a graphical schedule for operating railway locomotives and rolling stock in order to provide a desired service.

Diagramverb

represent (something) in graphic form

Diagramverb

schedule the operations of (a locomotive or train) according to a diagram.

Diagram

A diagram is a symbolic representation of information using visualization techniques. Diagrams have been used since ancient times on walls of caves, but became more prevalent during the Enlightenment.

Drawingverb

present participle of draw

Drawingnoun

A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.

Drawingnoun

The act of producing such a picture.

Drawingnoun

Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.

Drawingnoun

The process of drawing or pulling something.

Drawingnoun

An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat).

Drawingnoun

A small portion of tea for steeping.

Drawingnoun

The act of pulling, or attracting.

Drawingnoun

The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades; especially, such a representation when in one color, or in tints used not to represent the colors of natural objects, but for effect only, and produced with hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation; also, the figure or representation drawn.

Drawingnoun

The process of stretching or spreading metals as by hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies.

Drawingnoun

The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning.

Drawingnoun

The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery.

Drawingnoun

an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book or magazine;

Drawingnoun

a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines;

Drawingnoun

the creation of artistic drawings;

Drawingnoun

players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed according to the drawing of lots

Drawingnoun

act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source;

Drawingnoun

the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

Drawing

Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, erasers, markers, styluses, and metals (such as silverpoint).