writing system vs picture writing

writing system and picture writing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
writing system	Yes	No	No	No
picture writing	Yes	No	No	No

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

writing system: a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
picture writing: a writing system using pictographs

Other hyponyms of writing system include script, spelling, alphabetic script, alphabetic writing, boustrophedon, ideography, hieroglyph, hieroglyphic, point system.

writing system (noun)	picture writing (noun)
a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols	a writing system using pictographs

writing system vs picture writing

writing system and picture writing both are nouns.

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