Drawing vs. Illustration

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).

Illustrationnoun

The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

Illustrationnoun

That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.

Illustrationnoun

A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.

Illustrationnoun

A calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns (life insurance)

Illustrationnoun

The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

Illustrationnoun

That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.

Illustrationnoun

A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.

Illustrationnoun

artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

Illustrationnoun

showing by example

Illustrationnoun

an item of information that is representative of a type;

Illustrationnoun

a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand

Illustrationnoun

a picture illustrating a book, newspaper, etc.

Illustrationnoun

the action or fact of illustrating something

Illustrationnoun

an illustrative example

Illustration

An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in print and digital published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, video games and films. An illustration is typically created by an illustrator.