paint,drawpaint指用颜色画，如油画颜料、水彩或者水墨画，而draw 通常指用铅笔、钢笔或者粉笔画，后者一般并不涂上颜料。

两动词的相应名词分别为painting和drawingI am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.我是学美术的学生，我画许多画。He is painting in oils.他正在用油画颜料画画。注：paint的引伸含义是“描述”He is not so black as he is painted.他并不象人们所说的那么坏。She draws very well.她画得很好。These pictures are drawn by children.这些画是孩子们画的。注：drawing除了“图画”外，还有“工程图”的意思。an engineering drawing