picture vs description

description vs picture

picture and description both are nouns.

picture is a verb but description is not a verb.

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

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

picture: a graphic or vivid verbal description
description: a statement that represents something in words

Other hypernyms of picture include verbal description.

picture (noun)	description (noun)
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface	sort or variety
graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface	the act of describing something
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format	a statement that represents something in words
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

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

Difference between picture and description

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