picture vs illustration

illustration vs picture

picture and illustration both are nouns.

picture is a verb but illustration is not a verb.

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

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

picture: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
illustration: artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

picture (noun)	illustration (noun)
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface	a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used to make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand
graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface	an item of information that is typical of a class or group
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format	artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
a clear and telling mental image	showing by example
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)	illustration (verb)
show in, or as in, a picture
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

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