likeness vs picture

picture vs likeness

likeness and picture both are nouns.

likeness is not a verb while picture is a verb.

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

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

likeness: picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
picture: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

Other hypernyms of likeness include icon, ikon, image.

likeness (noun)	picture (noun)
picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing	a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things	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

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

Difference between likeness and picture

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