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Illustration vs. Anecdote — What's the Difference?

Illustration vs. Anecdote — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Illustration and Anecdote

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Illustration

An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in print and digital published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, video games and films. An illustration is typically created by an illustrator.

Anecdote

An anecdote is a brief, revealing account of an individual person or an incident: "a story with a point," such as to communicate an abstract idea about a person, place, or thing through the concrete details of a short narrative or to characterize by delineating a specific quirk or trait. Occasionally humorous, anecdotes differ from jokes because their primary purpose is not simply to provoke laughter but to reveal a truth more general than the brief tale itself.Anecdotes may be real or fictional; the anecdotal digression is a common feature of literary works and even oral anecdotes typically involve subtle exaggeration and dramatic shape designed to entertain the listener.

Illustration

A picture illustrating a book, newspaper, etc.
An illustration of a yacht

Anecdote

A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
He told anecdotes about his job

Illustration

The action or fact of illustrating something
By way of illustration, I refer to the following case
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Anecdote

A short account of an interesting or humorous incident.

Illustration

The act of illustrating or the state of being illustrated
Concepts that would benefit from illustration.
An idea that lends itself to illustration.

Anecdote

Pl. an·ec·dotes or an·ec·do·ta (-dōtə) Secret or hitherto undivulged particulars of history or biography.

Illustration

A picture or image that is used to decorate or clarify a text.

Anecdote

A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
Tell an anecdote
Relate a short anecdote

Illustration

An example that is used to clarify or explain something.

Anecdote

An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.

Illustration

(Obsolete) Illumination.

Anecdote

A previously untold secret account of an incident.

Illustration

The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct;

Anecdote

(ambitransitive) To tell anecdotes (about).

Illustration

The state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

Anecdote

Unpublished narratives.

Illustration

Something which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.

Anecdote

A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life.

Illustration

A picture designed to decorate a publication, or elucidate a literary work.
The illustration showing the water cycle made it much easier to understand for the children.
The sleeve of the band's new CD includes illustrations from deceased former members.

Anecdote

Short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)

Illustration

A calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns (life insurance)

Illustration

The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

Illustration

That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.

Illustration

A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.

Illustration

Artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

Illustration

Showing by example

Illustration

An item of information that is representative of a type;
This patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
There is an example on page 10

Illustration

A visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand

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