Sketch vs. Diagram
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
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.
