Etching and Sketch

Etching

Etching noun - Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them.

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Sketch and etching are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sketch" instead a noun "Etching".

Nearby Words: etch, etched, etcher

Sketch noun - A picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene.

Usage example: made a quick sketch from which she would create a more detailed painting later

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Etching and sketch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Etching" instead a noun "Sketch".

Nearby Words: sketchy, sketched, sketching

famous etching

famous sketch

Along with The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife mentioned above, there's an etching of Rembrandt van Rijn depicting a couple mid-coitus, and Leonardo Da Vinci made a sketch of the act in cross-section as part of his anatomical drawings.

Source: The Rule of First Adopters

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