ikon vs picture

ikon and picture both are nouns.

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

As nouns, ikon and picture are synonyms defined as:

ikon and picture: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

Other synonyms of ikon include icon, image.

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

ikon: a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church
picture: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

Other hypernyms of ikon include painting.

ikon (noun)	picture (noun)
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface	a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church	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

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