depiction vs description

depiction and description both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
depiction	Yes	No	No	No
description	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, description is a hypernym of depiction; that is, description is a word with a broader meaning than depiction:

Other hypernyms of depiction include verbal description.

depiction (noun)	description (noun)
representation by drawing or painting etc	sort or variety
a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects	the act of describing something
a representation by picture or portraiture	a statement that represents something in words
a graphic or vivid verbal description