Graffiti vs. Doodle

Graffitinoun

Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.

Graffitinoun

Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.

Graffitiverb

(transitive) To mark a surface with such images.

Graffiti

Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii.

Graffiti

any writings or drawings on a surface in a public place, placed there without authorization of the owner of the object on which it is written. Such graffiti are usually unwelcome, and are considered as form of vandalism.

Graffitinoun

a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls

Graffitinoun

writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place

Graffitiverb

write or draw graffiti on (something)

Graffitiverb

write (words or drawings) as graffiti

Graffiti

Graffiti (both singular and plural; the singular graffito is rarely used except in archeology) is writing or drawings made on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view. Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire.Graffiti is a controversial subject.

Doodlenoun

(obsolete) A fool, a simpleton, a mindless person.

Doodlenoun

A small mindless sketch, etc.

Doodlenoun

Penis.

Doodleverb

(ambitransitive) To draw or scribble aimlessly.

Doodleverb

(Scotland) To drone like a bagpipe.

Doodlenoun

A trifler; a simple fellow.

Doodlenoun

an aimless drawing

Doodleverb

make a doodle; draw aimlessly

Doodleverb

scribble absent-mindedly

Doodlenoun

a rough drawing made absent-mindedly

Doodle

A doodle is a drawing made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be composed of random and abstract lines, generally without ever lifting the drawing device from the paper, in which case it is usually called a .