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picture vs icon

icon vs picture

picture and icon both are nouns.

picture is a verb but icon is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
picture Yes No Yes No
icon Yes No No No
As nouns, picture and icon are synonyms defined as:
  • picture and icon: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
Other synonyms of picture include ikon, image.
As nouns, icon is a hyponym of picture; that is, icon is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than picture:
  • picture: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
  • icon: a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church
picture (noun) icon (noun)
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface 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 conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
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) icon (verb)
show in, or as in, a picture
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
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