Difference between Canvas and Canvass

Canvas

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cover an area or object with canvas. To cover an area or object with canvas.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings. A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint. A basis for creative work. sails in general A tent. A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.

Example sentence: The colors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to the canvas.

Canvass

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a solicitation of voters or opinionsa public opinion survey

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to solicit voters or opinionsto conduct a survey