Image vs. Visual

Image vs. Visual — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Image and Visual

Imagenoun

An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.

The Bible forbids the worship of graven images.

Visualadjective

Related to or affecting the vision.

Imagenoun

A mental picture of something not real or not present.

Visualadjective

(obsolete) That can be seen; visible.

Imagenoun

A statue or idol.

Visualnoun

Any element of something that depends on sight.

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Imagenoun

(computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image, executable image and image copy.)

Most game console emulators do not come with any ROM images for copyright reasons.

Visualnoun

An image; a picture; a graphic.

Imagenoun

A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is, or wishes to be, perceived by others.

Visualnoun

(in the plural) All the visual elements of a multi-media presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.

Imagenoun

(mathematics) Something mapped to by a function.

The number 6 is the image of 3 under f that is defined as f(x) = 2*x.

Visualnoun

(advertising) A preliminary sketch.

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Imagenoun

(mathematics) The subset of a codomain comprising those elements that are images of something.

The image of this step function is the set of integers.

Visualadjective

relating to or using sight;

ocular inspectionan optical illusionvisual powersvisual navigation

Imagenoun

(obsolete) Show; appearance; cast.

Visualadjective

able to be seen;

be sure of it; give me the ocular proofa visual presentationa visual image

Imageverb

(transitive) To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.

Imageverb

(transitive) To reflect, mirror.

Imageverb

(transitive) To create an image of.

Imageverb

To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.

Imagenoun

an iconic mental representation;

her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate

Imagenoun

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

they showed us the pictures of their weddinga movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them

Imagenoun

(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world;

a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty

Imagenoun

a standard or typical example;

he is the prototype of good breedinghe provided America with an image of the good father

Imagenoun

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

Imagenoun

someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor);

he could be Gingrich's doubleshe's the very image of her mother

Imagenoun

a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture);

the coin bears an effigy of Lincolnthe emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone

Imageverb

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

I can't see him on horseback!I can see what will happenI can see a risk in this strategy