Picture vs. Illustration

Picturenoun

A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.

Illustrationnoun

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.

Picturenoun

An image; a representation as in the imagination.

Illustrationnoun

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

Picturenoun

A painting.

‘There was a picture hanging above the fireplace.’;

Illustrationnoun

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

Picturenoun

A photograph.

‘I took a picture of the church.’;

Illustrationnoun

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

Picturenoun

(informal) A motion picture.

‘Casablanca is my all-time favorite picture.’;

Illustrationnoun

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.

Picturenoun

Cinema as a form of entertainment.

‘Let's go to the pictures.’;

Illustrationnoun

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

Picturenoun

A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).

‘She's the very picture of health.’;

Illustrationnoun

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

Picturenoun

An attractive sight.

‘The garden is a real picture at this time of year.’;

Illustrationnoun

artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

Picturenoun

The art of painting; representation by painting.

Illustrationnoun

showing by example

Picturenoun

A figure; a model.

Illustrationnoun

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’;

Picturenoun

Situation.

‘The employment picture for the older middle class is not so good.’; ‘You can't just look at the election, you've got to look at the big picture.''’;

Illustrationnoun

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

Pictureverb

(transitive) To represent in or with a picture.

Illustrationnoun

a picture illustrating a book, newspaper, etc.

‘an illustration of a yacht’;

Pictureverb

(transitive) To imagine or envision.

Illustrationnoun

the action or fact of illustrating something

‘by way of illustration, I refer to the following case’;

Pictureverb

(transitive) To depict.

Illustrationnoun

an illustrative example

‘this accident is a graphic illustration of the disaster that's waiting to happen’;

Picturenoun

The art of painting; representation by painting.

‘Any well-expressed image . . . either in picture or sculpture.’;

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.

Picturenoun

A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model.

‘Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects.’; ‘The young king's picture . . . in virgin wax.’;

Picturenoun

An image or resemblance; a representation, either to the eye or to the mind; that which, by its likeness, brings vividly to mind some other thing; as, a child is the picture of his father; the man is the picture of grief.

‘My eyes make pictures when they are shut.’;

Pictureverb

To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind.

‘I have not seen him so pictured.’;

Picturenoun

a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface;

‘they showed us the pictures of their wedding’; ‘a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them’;

Picturenoun

graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface;

‘a small painting by Picasso’; ‘he bought the painting as an investment’; ‘his pictures hang in the Louvre’;

Picturenoun

a clear and telling mental image;

‘he described his mental picture of his assailant’; ‘he had no clear picture of himself or his world’; ‘the events left a permanent impression in his mind’;

Picturenoun

a situation treated as an observable object;

‘the political picture is favorable’; ‘the religious scene in England has changed in the last century’;

Picturenoun

illustrations used to decorate or explain a text;

‘the dictionary had many pictures’;

Picturenoun

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement;

‘they went to a movie every Saturday night’; ‘the film was shot on location’;

Picturenoun

the visible part of a television transmission;

‘they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone’;

Picturenoun

a graphic or vivid verbal description;

‘too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures’; ‘the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland’; ‘the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters’;

Picturenoun

a typical example of some state or quality;

‘the very picture of a modern general’; ‘she was the picture of despair’;

Pictureverb

imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind;

‘I can't see him on horseback!’; ‘I can see what will happen’; ‘I can see a risk in this strategy’;

Pictureverb

show in, or as in, a picture;

‘This scene depicts country life’; ‘the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting’;