image vs idol

image and idol both are nouns.

image is a verb but idol is not a verb.

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

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

image: a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
idol: a material effigy that is worshipped

Other hyponyms of image include Guy, god, graven image, bird-scarer, scarecrow, scarer, straw man, strawman, wax figure, waxwork, close-up.

image (noun)	idol (noun)
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface	a material effigy that is worshipped
a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)	an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world	someone who is adored blindly and excessively
the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public
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)

image (verb)	idol (verb)
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
render visible, as by means of MRI

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