picture vs image

picture and image both are nouns.

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

As nouns, picture and image are synonyms defined as:

picture and image: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

Other synonyms of picture include icon, ikon.

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

Other hypernyms of picture include mental image.

As verbs, picture and image are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of picture include envision, fancy, figure, project, see, visualise, visualize.

picture (noun)	image (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 representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format	(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
a clear and telling mental image	the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public
a typical example of some state or quality	an iconic mental representation
illustrations used to decorate or explain a text	a standard or typical example
the visible part of a television transmission	language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement	(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
a graphic or vivid verbal description	someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
a situation treated as an observable object

picture (verb)	image (verb)
show in, or as in, a picture	imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind	render visible, as by means of MRI