What's the difference between cartoon and toon?

Cartoon


Definition:

  • (n.) A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael.
  • (n.) A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine; esp. a pictorial caricature; as, the cartoons of "Puck."

Example Sentences:

  • (1) If he was a cartoon character, he’d be … On looks alone, American Dad’s Stan Smith .
  • (2) Steve Bell on Jeremy Corbyn not singing the national anthem – cartoon Read more Admiral Lord West, former Labour security minister, said the decision not to sing the anthem was extraordinary.
  • (3) However, while he considers the stock undervalued, the hedge fund boss said the software firm had missed a string of opportunities under Ballmer's "Charlie Brown management", referring to the hapless star of the Peanuts cartoon strip.
  • (4) It is postulated that the cartoon serves to stabilize the more mutable portrayals of psychiatrists in other media.
  • (5) But he is fighting two lawsuits from Zuma over cartoons relating to the rape trial and a dramatic depiction of the rape of Justice.
  • (6) Bleak jokes and cartoons have been circulating for weeks in the anti-Assad camp on the theme of barrel bombs serving as ballot boxes.
  • (7) Shapiro, 50, said: "I always think of Steve Bell [of the Guardian] and his cartoons of John Major wearing his underpants outside his trousers.
  • (8) Students were exposed to cartoon character role models, were reinforced for dietary changes, and practiced relevant behavioral skills.
  • (9) They are small-state Conservatives who believe the commercial world should provide.” Bryant, whose campaign against phone hacking won an award and who has a cartoon of himself as Luke Skywalker slaying the Sith lords Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks on his office wall, said the rumoured return of Brooks to News UK, if it happened, would be a “massive two fingers to the British public”.
  • (10) Popular magazines, greeting cards, and cartoons weave themes about time into the fabric of other messages.
  • (11) Ivens's apology was issued after a meeting with Jewish community organisations including the Board of the Deputies of British Jews, which had complained to the Press Complaints Commission on Sunday, describing the cartoon as "appalling" and "all the more disgusting" for being published on Holocaust Memorial Day, "given the similar tropes levelled against Jews by the Nazis".
  • (12) Cartoons that talk about fucking each other in the ass.
  • (13) In September 2005, the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten caused an international storm after publishing 12 cartoons depicting Muhammad.
  • (14) Moura’s portrayal is never a cartoon, even when it goes to the extremes of anger and violence.
  • (15) It features a sad cartoon lady hiding behind a large plant pot.
  • (16) Vote Leave tweeted a new version of Johnson’s London mayoral campaign cartoon of him with the simple message: “Welcome aboard, @ BorisJohnson !
  • (17) These include Atena Farghadani, 28, an artist who was placed in solitary confinement in Iran for posting a cartoon on Facebook criticising a government bill to limit family planning services, and Gladys Lanza , who was convicted of defamation in Honduras when she spoke in defence of a woman who had accused a government official of sexual harassment.
  • (18) But I have to tell you that taking Shaun the Sheep cartoons off air will not cut the mustard."
  • (19) Of course, after Hitler got into power and Low started, beautifully, to take the piss, Low, along with his cartooning colleagues Illingworth, Vicky and even Heath Robinson, was placed on the Gestapo's deathlist.
  • (20) Apple and Google are facing a backlash from social media users for promoting cartoon plastic surgery apps to children as young as nine.

Toon


Definition:

  • () pl. of Toe.
  • (n.) The reddish brown wood of an East Indian tree (Cedrela Toona) closely resembling the Spanish cedar; also. the tree itself.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Toon, on the other hand, are in a wee spot of temporary bother.
  • (2) Toon attempted to dissuade him from boxing by explaining its dangers.
  • (3) After pleading guilty to an unspecified lesser charge, Toon was sentenced to 75 days in jail.
  • (4) Texas pool party incident raises questions about wealth and race Read more Toon’s brother, Matthew, was quoted as telling reporters that his brother was innocent and had been at a cinema at the time of the incident.
  • (5) On the former front, the company's Angry Birds Toons channel launched in March within developer Rovio's various games, and by September had notched up more than 1bn views of its short cartoons and trailers.
  • (6) Photograph: Supplied Sean Toon was sentenced to more than nine months in jail after pleading guilty to killing and maiming prize farm animals and covering them in paint, according to court records in Texas .
  • (7) Yet according to court records, Toon pleaded guilty to felony criminal mischief and was sentenced in August 2000 to 285 days in jail and fined $300.
  • (8) Freddy Shepherd and the ‘Toongate tapes’, 1998 Mahmood won Reporter of the Year in 1999 after he revealed that the Newcastle United chairman and his deputy had described women from Newcastle as “dogs”, mocked ex-manager Kevin Keegan for being like Shirley Temple and laughed at loyal supporters, known as the Toon Army, for buying expensive replica shirts.
  • (9) What stands out for me was that “Toon, Toon” song going on for twenty minutes.
  • (10) This represents from one-fifth toone-third of the need for services from organized programs among this groups.
  • (11) The head of the National Crime Agency, Donald Toon, notes that “the London property market has been skewed by laundered money.
  • (12) The home fixture between Newcastle United and Chelsea, at St James’ Park, was not a good Saturday for black Geordies to hit the Toon.
  • (13) As a teenager, Toon had two serious encounters with the criminal justice system.
  • (14) A Dallas County court clerk confirmed details of the case on Wednesday but was unable to confirm how long Toon served in jail.
  • (15) Meanwhile, children’s broadcasters from the BBC and Disney to Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon are finding new digital ways to deliver their shows to children alongside their traditional channels, while startups like Hopster and Toon Goggles have launched mobile apps to deliver shows.
  • (16) The Toon get the ball rolling, then sailing through the air.
  • (17) The Toon need you.” Such messages were backed up an incessant two-word soundtrack set to the tune of La Bamba.
  • (18) The shadow home secretary welcomed the fact that May had bowed to the political pressure applied by Labour, including its decision to raise the issue at prime minister's questions and to call an opposition Commons debate toon Wednesday.
  • (19) Carroll was reported in today's Daily Star to have sent texts to Steve Wraith, editor of the Toon Talk fanzine, claiming he felt he had being forced out of the club.
  • (20) Luckily for the Toon, who had sent the big defenders upfield, City misplace their passes and Williamson eventually snuffs the move out.