strawman vs image

image vs strawman

strawman and image both are nouns.

strawman is not a verb while image is a verb.

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

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

strawman: an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
image: a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)

Other hypernyms of strawman include effigy, simulacrum.

strawman (noun)	image (noun)
an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds	a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted	a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity	(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
	the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public
	an iconic mental representation
	a standard or typical example
	language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
	(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
	someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)

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

Difference between strawman and image

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