Ricture vs. Picture — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ricture and Picture
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Ricture
(obsolete) A gaping.
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Picture
A visual representation or image painted, drawn, photographed, or otherwise rendered on a flat surface.
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Ricture
A gaping.
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Picture
A visible image, especially one on a flat surface or screen
The picture reflected in the lake.
Focused the picture on the movie screen.
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Picture
A vivid or realistic verbal description
A Shakespearean picture of guilt.
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Picture
A vivid mental image.
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Picture
A person or object bearing a marked resemblance to another
She's the picture of her mother.
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Picture
A person, object, or scene that typifies or embodies an emotion, state of mind, or mood
Your face was the very picture of horror.
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Picture
The chief circumstances of an event or time; the situation
How does the new boyfriend figure in the picture?.
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Picture
A movie.
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Picture
A tableau vivant.
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Picture
To make a visible representation of
In this photo, the mayor is pictured with several aides.
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Picture
To form a mental image of; visualize
I pictured my grandfather as a young man coming to America.
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Picture
To describe vividly in words; make a verbal picture of
Pictured their heroism in glowing language.
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Picture
A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
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Picture
An image; a representation as in the imagination.
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Picture
A painting.
There was a picture hanging above the fireplace.
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Picture
A photograph.
I took a picture of the church.
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Picture
A motion picture.
Casablanca is my all-time favorite picture.
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Picture
Cinema as a form of entertainment.
Let's go to the pictures.
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Picture
A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
She's the very picture of health.
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Picture
An attractive sight.
The garden is a real picture at this time of year.
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Picture
The art of painting; representation by painting.
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Picture
A figure; a model.
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Picture
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.
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Picture
(MLE) A sample of an illegal drug.
If you want me to buy your weed I’ll need a picture.
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Picture
(programming) A format string in the COBOL programming language.
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Picture
(transitive) To represent in or with a picture.
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Picture
(transitive) To imagine or envision.
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Picture
(transitive) To depict or describe vividly.
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Picture
The art of painting; representation by painting.
Any well-expressed image . . . either in picture or sculpture.
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Picture
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.
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Picture
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.
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Picture
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.
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Picture
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
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Picture
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
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Picture
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
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Picture
A situation treated as an observable object;
The political picture is favorable
The religious scene in England has changed in the last century
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Picture
Illustrations used to decorate or explain a text;
The dictionary had many pictures
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Picture
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
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Picture
The visible part of a television transmission;
They could still receive the sound but the picture was gone
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Picture
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
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Picture
A typical example of some state or quality;
The very picture of a modern general
She was the picture of despair
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Picture
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
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Picture
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
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