Drawing
Drawing noun - A picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene.
Usage example: with an economy of lines, he created a vivid drawing of the tree
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Synonyms for Drawing
Figure is a synonym for drawing in art topic. In some cases you can use "Figure" instead a noun "Drawing".
Figure
Figure noun - Something that visually explains or decorates a text.
Usage example: the layout editor could have done a better job of getting the figures on the same page as the specific portion of text that they are intended to illustrate
Drawing is a synonym for figure in diagram topic. You can use "Drawing" instead a noun "Figure", if it concerns topics such as art, depiction.
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An unusual case, in that the stick figure style is a deliberate artistic choice rather than the result of the creator's limited drawing skill.
Source: Stick Figure Comic - In Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Nozaki, Sakura and Mikoshiba exhibit varying skill in their drawing abilities, yet when it comes to drawing buildings, all three of them draw the exact same crude figure of a house.
Source: Strange Minds Think Alike -
Strange Minds Think Alike While Nozaki, Sakura and Mikoshiba exhibit varying skill in their drawing abilities, when it comes to drawing buildings, all three of them draw the exact same crude figure of a house.
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