Rough
Rough adjective - Covered with or as if with hair.
Smoother
Smoother noun - A power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor.
Both words in one sentence
- One could say the art style for Neurotically Yours went through this, starting from very rough design and animation and it now a lot smoother.
Source: Art Evolution / Web Animation -
It goes from being rough, beardy, and frankly ugly to being smoother and better looking as the revelation about his dead wife comes to the fore.
Source: Webcomic / Hiimdaisy -
Art Evolution: The drawing early in the series is very rough and gets much smoother later on.
Source: Comic Book / Tif et Tondu
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Smoother and Rough. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/rough/smoother
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Smoother or Rough. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/rough/smoother.
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