illustration vs picture

picture vs illustration

illustration and picture both are nouns.

illustration is not a verb while picture is a verb.

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

As nouns, picture is a hyponym of illustration; that is, picture is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than illustration:

illustration: artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
picture: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

Other hyponyms of illustration include pictorial matter, fig, figure.

illustration (noun)	picture (noun)
a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used to make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand	a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
an item of information that is typical of a class or group	graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
artwork that helps make something clear or attractive	a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
showing by example	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

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

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