picture vs likeness

likeness vs picture

picture and likeness both are nouns.

picture is a verb but likeness is not a verb.

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

As nouns, likeness is a hyponym of picture; that is, likeness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than picture:

picture: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
likeness: picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing

Other hyponyms of picture include bitmap, electronic image, chiaroscuro, collage, montage, foil, transparency, computer graphic, graphic, iconography, inset, semblance, cyclorama, diorama, panorama, reflection, reflexion, CAT scan, scan, echogram, sonogram, fitspo.

picture (noun)	likeness (noun)
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface	picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface	similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
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)	likeness (verb)
show in, or as in, a picture
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

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