foil vs image

foil and image both are nouns.

foil and image both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
foil	Yes	No	Yes	No
image	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, image is a hypernym of foil; that is, image is a word with a broader meaning than foil:

foil: picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
image: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

Other hypernyms of foil include icon, ikon, picture.

foil (noun)	image (noun)
a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button	a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal	a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector	(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through	the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public
anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities	an iconic mental representation
	a standard or typical example
	language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
	(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
	someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)

foil (verb)	image (verb)
cover or back with foil	imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of	render visible, as by means of MRI
enhance by contrast

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