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mental imagery vs picturing

picturing vs mental imagery

mental imagery and picturing both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mental imagery Yes No No No
picturing Yes No No No
As nouns, picturing is a hyponym of mental imagery; that is, picturing is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mental imagery:
  • mental imagery: the ability to form mental images of things or events
  • picturing: visual imagery
Other hyponyms of mental imagery include mind's eye, vision, envisioning, dream, dreaming, chimaera, chimera, evocation, make-believe, pretence, pretense.
mental imagery (noun) picturing (noun)
the ability to form mental images of things or events visual representation as by photography or painting
visual imagery
Difference between mental imagery and picturing

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