Oh my word Cartoon, Carton, Caricature

“I have met the Generalissimo [of China [Chiang Kai-shek]]. I have known him through Madame Shek who was my interpreter; and though he seemed inscrutable to me, not soo Madame Shek; and he allowed me to read his mind through her.

There is a chorus of disapproval and righteous protest all over the world against us. They say we are erring, the move is inopportune. I used to have great regard for British diplomacy which has enabled them to hold the Empire so long. Now it stinks in my nostrils,…” –Mahatma Gandhi

People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph. –Walt Disney, Animator

Caricature is a picture, description, imitation of another person, etc. with which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to evoke a comic effect, to create a grotesque effect.

The objective of caricature is to amuse the reader, to ridicule the subject of the caricature. Unlike a portrait of someone or something, caricature can highlight certain characteristics that could be comical, ridiculing.

It is not uncommon to find caricatures of people in public life in the newspapers and magazines. The person who draws caricatures is a caricaturist.

Caricature also functions as a verb: drawing, making or giving a caricature of someone or something. Cartoon is an amusing drawing in a newspaper or magazine.

Cartoon is different from caricature in the sense that the former amuses the reader with the drawing that comments satirically on current events; cartoons can be a sequence of drawings that tell a story.
With the Digital Era, animated cartoons adorn many a website.

Animated cartoon is a film made by photographing a ca series of gradually changing drawings that gives an illusion of movement.

Cartoon is a drawing made by an artist as a preliminary sketch for a painting, tapestry, fresco, etc.
Cartoons can provoke angry reactions too: remember what has happened in France and Denmark when a religious figure was depicted cartoonish manner…

A magazine or a newspaper without a cartoon is like a house without a plant, or a dwelling without a television.

Cartoon is the person who draws cartoons.

Cartoon is pronounced as ka:’tu:n.

Carton is pronounced as ka:tn. Carton is a box usually made of a light cardboard, plastic for holding goods.

Retailers get cartons of perishable and non-perishable products delivered in cartons such as cartons of cigarettes, cartons of milk, yoghurt…

Would you like to have a cartoon of yourself or a caricature?