graphic vs picture

picture vs graphic

graphic and picture both are nouns.

graphic is an adjective but picture is not an adjective.

graphic is not a verb while picture is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
graphic	Yes	Yes	No	No
picture	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, picture is a hypernym of graphic; that is, picture is a word with a broader meaning than graphic:

graphic: an image that is generated by a computer
picture: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

Other hypernyms of graphic include icon, ikon, image.

graphic (noun)	picture (noun)
an image that is generated by a computer	a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
	graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
	a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
	a clear and telling mental image
	a typical example of some state or quality
	illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
	the visible part of a television transmission
	a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
	a graphic or vivid verbal description
	a situation treated as an observable object

graphic (adjective)	picture (adjective)
relating to or presented by a graph
of or relating to the graphic arts
describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail
evoking lifelike images within the mind
written or drawn or engraved

graphic (verb)	picture (verb)
	show in, or as in, a picture
	imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

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