Drawing vs. Picture

Drawing and Picture Definitions
Drawing
The act or an instance of drawing.
Picture
A visual representation or image painted, drawn, photographed, or otherwise rendered on a flat surface.
Drawing
The art of representing objects or forms on a surface chiefly by means of lines.
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.
Drawing
A work produced by this art.
Picture
A vivid or realistic verbal description
A Shakespearean picture of guilt.
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Drawing
Present participle of draw
Picture
A vivid mental image.
Drawing
A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
Picture
A person or object bearing a marked resemblance to another
She's the picture of her mother.
Drawing
The act of producing such a picture.
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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Drawing
Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
Picture
The chief circumstances of an event or time; the situation
How does the new boyfriend figure in the picture?.
Drawing
The process of drawing or pulling something.
Proverb: An official is great in his office as a well is rich in drawings of water.
Picture
A movie.
Drawing
An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat.
Picture
A tableau vivant.
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Drawing
A small portion of tea for steeping.
Picture
To make a visible representation of
In this photo, the mayor is pictured with several aides.
Drawing
The act of pulling, or attracting.
Picture
To form a mental image of; visualize
I pictured my grandfather as a young man coming to America.
Drawing
The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades; especially, such a representation when in one color, or in tints used not to represent the colors of natural objects, but for effect only, and produced with hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation; also, the figure or representation drawn.
Picture
To describe vividly in words; make a verbal picture of
Pictured their heroism in glowing language.
Drawing
The process of stretching or spreading metals as by hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies.
Picture
A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
Drawing
The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning.
Picture
An image; a representation as in the imagination.
Drawing
The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery.
Picture
A painting.
There was a picture hanging above the fireplace.
Drawing
An illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book or magazine;
It is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7
Picture
A photograph.
I took a picture of the church.
Drawing
A representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines;
Drawings of abstract forms
He did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures
Picture
A motion picture.
Casablanca is my all-time favorite picture.
Drawing
The creation of artistic drawings;
He learned drawing from his father
Picture
Cinema as a form of entertainment.
Let's go to the pictures.
Drawing
Players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed according to the drawing of lots
Picture
A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
She's the very picture of health.
Drawing
Act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source;
The drawing of water from the well
Picture
An attractive sight.
The garden is a real picture at this time of year.
Drawing
The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
Picture
The art of painting; representation by painting.
Picture
A figure; a model.
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.
Picture
(MLE) A sample of an illegal drug.
If you want me to buy your weed I’ll need a picture.
Picture
(programming) A format string in the COBOL programming language.
Picture
(transitive) To represent in or with a picture.
Picture
(transitive) To imagine or envision.
Picture
(transitive) To depict or describe vividly.
Picture
The art of painting; representation by painting.
Any well-expressed image . . . either in picture or sculpture.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
Picture
A situation treated as an observable object;
The political picture is favorable
The religious scene in England has changed in the last century
Picture
Illustrations used to decorate or explain a text;
The dictionary had many pictures
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
Picture
The visible part of a television transmission;
They could still receive the sound but the picture was gone
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
Picture
A typical example of some state or quality;
The very picture of a modern general
She was the picture of despair
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
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