Difference between Portrait Painter and Limner

PORTRAIT PAINTER vs LIMNER: NOUN

Someone who limns.
One who illuminates books.
One who paints portraits.
One who limns; an artist or delineator; more especially, one who paints portraits or miniatures.
A painter or drawer of portraits

Lithographer, Muralist, Ceramist, Abstractionist, Sculptor, Ceramicist, Miniaturist, Landscapist, Portraiture, Printmaker, Watercolourist, Watercolorist, Painter, Limner, Portraitist

Sketch, Impressionist, Painture, Picturer, Watercolorist, Chiaroscurist, Printmaker, Tenebrism, Aquarellist, Unpaint, Old master, Painter, Alluminor, Portraitist, Portrait painter

Draftsman, Illustrator, Artist, Lithographer, Muralist, Abstractionist, Sculptor, Miniaturist, Landscapist, Portraiture, Printmaker, Watercolourist, Watercolorist, Painter, Portraitist

Sketch, Impressionist, Painture, Picturer, Watercolorist, Chiaroscurist, Printmaker, Tenebrism, Aquarellist, Unpaint, Old master, Painter, Alluminor, Portraitist, Portrait painter

Ireland, and as a distinguisned portrait painter of Irish personalities, including Cardinal Logue, etc.
Beside his work as a portrait painter, painting landscapes provides an interesting contrast.
He is considered a genre and portrait painter from the French school.
He is considered a genre and portrait painter from the German school.
English in particular, who valued his abilities as a portrait painter.
Richard began as a portrait painter at the age of twenty.
John Hanson Walker is considered a portrait painter from London.
Thomas Prichard Rossiter was a historical, religious, and portrait painter.
What was the nationality of portrait painter Millais?
An outstanding pastel portrait of Alexander Hamilton by the famous portrait painter, James Sharples.