Sketch vs. Cartoon

Sketchverb

(ambitransitive) To make a brief, basic drawing.

Sketchverb

(transitive) To describe briefly and with very few details.

Sketchnoun

A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.

Sketchnoun

A rough design, plan, or draft, as a rough draft of a book.

Sketchnoun

A brief description of a person or account of an incident; a general presentation or outline.

Sketchnoun

A brief, light, or unfinished dramatic, musical, or literary work or idea; especially a short, often humorous or satirical scene or play, frequently as part of a revue or variety show, a skit

Sketchnoun

a brief musical composition or theme, especially for the piano

Sketchnoun

a brief, light, or informal literary composition, such as an essay or short story.

Sketchnoun

(informal) An amusing person.

Sketchnoun

A lookout; vigilant watch for something.

Sketchnoun

(UK) A humorous newspaper article summarizing political events, making heavy use of metaphor, paraphrase and caricature.

Sketchnoun

(math) A category together with a set of limit cones and a set of colimit cones.

Sketchadjective

Sketchy, shady, questionable.

Sketchnoun

An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary study for an original work.

Sketchverb

To draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought of.

Sketchverb

To plan or describe by giving the principal points or ideas of.

Sketchverb

To make sketches, as of landscapes.

Sketchnoun

preliminary drawing for later elaboration;

Sketchnoun

a brief literary description

Sketchnoun

short descriptive summary (of events)

Sketchnoun

a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

Sketchverb

make a sketch of;

Sketchverb

describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of;

Sketchnoun

a rough or unfinished drawing or painting, often made to assist in making a more finished picture

Sketchnoun

a brief written or spoken account or description, giving only basic details

Sketchnoun

a rough or unfinished version of any creative work

Sketchnoun

a short humorous play or performance, consisting typically of one scene in a revue or comedy programme

Sketchnoun

a comical or amusing person or thing.

Sketchverb

make a rough drawing of

Sketchverb

give a brief account or general outline of something

Sketchverb

perform (a gesture) with one's hands or body

Cartoonnoun

(comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.

Cartoonnoun

(comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.

Cartoonnoun

(arts) An artist's preliminary sketch.

Cartoonnoun

(animation) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.

Cartoonnoun

A diagram in a scientific concept.

Cartoonverb

To draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.

Cartoonverb

(arts) To make a preliminary sketch.

Cartoonnoun

A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; - used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael.

Cartoonnoun

A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine; esp. a pictorial caricature; as, the cartoons of "Puck."

Cartoonnoun

same as comic strip.

Cartoonnoun

a motion picture consisting of a series of frames, each being a photograph of a drawing rather than a frame produced by filming a scene of true action, and in which the objects are displaced slightly in succeeding frames so as to give the appearance of motion when projected as a motion picture on the screen. The types of characters portrayed in such films are often similar or identical to those in a comic strip.

Cartoonnoun

a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

Cartoonnoun

a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence

Cartoonverb

draw cartoons of

Cartoon

A cartoon is a type of illustration that is typically drawn, sometimes animated, in an unrealistic or semi-realistic style. The specific meaning has evolved over time, but the modern usage usually refers to either: an image or series of images intended for satire, caricature, or humor; or a motion picture that relies on a sequence of illustrations for its animation.