pictorial vs realistic

pictorial is a noun but realistic is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pictorial	Yes	Yes	No	No
realistic	No	Yes	No	No

pictorial (noun)	realistic (noun)
a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures

pictorial (adjective)	realistic (adjective)
pertaining to or consisting of pictures	aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are
evoking lifelike images within the mind	of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of realism
	representing what is real; not abstract or ideal