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mental image vs picture

picture vs mental image

mental image and picture both are nouns.

mental image is not a verb while picture is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mental image Yes No No No
picture Yes No Yes No
As nouns, picture is a hyponym of mental image; that is, picture is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mental image:
  • mental image: an iconic mental representation
  • picture: a clear and telling mental image
Other hyponyms of mental image include imagination image, thought-image, memory image, visual image, visualisation, visualization, impression, mental picture, auditory image.
mental image (noun) picture (noun)
an iconic mental representation 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
mental image (verb) picture (verb)
show in, or as in, a picture
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
Difference between mental image and picture

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