Difference between Draw and Depict

What is the difference between Draw and Depict?

Draw as a verb is to sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc. while Depict as a verb is to render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.

Draw

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc. To drag, pull. To pull out (as a gun from a holster, or a tooth). To attract. To deduce or infer. (usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source. To disembowel. To pull back the arrow in preparation for shooting. (of curtains, etc.) To close. (of drinks, especially tea) To leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase. To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning). To consume, as power. To determine the result of a lottery. To take the top card of a deck into hand. To trade in cards for replacements in draw poker games; to attempt to improve one's hand with future cards. See also draw out.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The result of a game in which neither side has won; a tie. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined. The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out. Different from a tie. A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade A shot that lands in play without hitting another stone out, as opposed to a takeout shot. A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding. cannabis. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer. A hand which is unlikely the best hand, but which has a chance to become one with future card

Example sentence: The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.

Depict

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.

Example sentence: I would compare my 'Frankenstein' to Cronenberg's remake of 'The Fly.' The monster in the original Fifties version of 'The Fly' was a crude, anatomical combination of man and insect, whereas Cronenberg's version exploited knowledge of DNA to depict him as a transgenic chimera.

We hope you now know whether to use Draw or Depict in your sentence.

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