✅ Draw means to create a picture using lines or to depict something in art or writing (She decided to draw a landscape; The characters in the novel were drawn well).
✅ Sketch means to depict something in a simple, rough, or brief way, without detail (He quickly sketched the woodshed; The background characters are roughly sketched).
✅ Sketch can also mean a brief account of something, but you wouldn’t use draw in this way (The leader gave a quick sketch of the plan).
Now that we’ve sketched the differences between these words, check out some more synonyms!
✅ Write means to produce something in text or some type of notation (write a song; write a letter).
✅ Compose means to create something, especially something literary or musical (compose a symphony; compose a book of poems).
✅ Write is the more general word. Compose particularly suggests combining different parts or sections together to create an organized whole. In a literary or textual context, compose can also sound more formal than write.
✅ Often compose suggests paying particular attention to how the end product comes across in terms of etiquette or politics (I spent hours composing the speech I was going to give to the Board of Directors).
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✅ Daydream means to spend time imagining a pleasant and engaging fantasy to the degree that you’re not engaged with the world around you (He tends to daydream in class).
✅ Woolgather means to daydream or to be otherwise lost in your own head to the point of absentmindedness (Could you repeat that? I was woolgathering).
✅ Daydream and woolgather both mean to imagine or fantasize about something, especially when you should be paying attention to something else.
✅ Woolgather is a less common word than daydream and suggests drifting from one thought to another, as if gathering sheep's wool caught on branches, while daydream suggests focusing on a particular fantasy.
These synonyms will give you something to think about next time you’re woolgathering!