What is the difference between a cartoon and animation?

Question

Okay, I like can tell there is a difference I just don't know how to put it into words, like I know they aren't the same but how do explain the difference between the 2, thnx, (=

Answer 1

Cartoon in drawn and animation is animated on a computer.

Answer 2

OK. How do I put this... I don't know. (just kidding.) scroll down for more. (don't u just hate it when ppl do that?) (just kidding again.) an animation is generally shorter. It is one as you might say, episode. a cartoon is more spread out and has a plot line. (rarely.)

Answer 3

Like, check out the links. It will explain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation

Answer 4

Let's see....

I've always thought that cartooning was a reference to hand drawings done in such a manner that would produce animation(movement).

And that animation was a reference to ordinary real life objects being photographed in a manner to produce movement that otherwise was not possible.

It's late so I'm probably not entirely correct and you're right, to a layman, it really is hard to describe the two apart from the other......

Answer 5

Drawn versus being computer manipulated/generated

Answer 6

ok  you have a caricature image (cartoon) and you use animation to make that image move .