Picture vs. Print

Picture vs. Print — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Picture and Print

Picturenoun

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

Printadjective

Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.

Picturenoun

An image; a representation as in the imagination.

Printverb

(transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine; often used with out or off: print out, print off.

Print the draft double-spaced so we can mark changes between the lines.

Picturenoun

A painting.

There was a picture hanging above the fireplace.

Printverb

To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.

The circuitry is printed onto the semiconductor surface.
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Picturenoun

A photograph.

I took a picture of the church.

Printverb

(ambitransitive) To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.

Print your name here and sign below.I'm only in grade 2, so I only know how to print.

Picturenoun

(informal) A motion picture.

Casablanca is my all-time favorite picture.

Printverb

(ambitransitive) To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.

How could they print an unfounded rumour like that?

Picturenoun

Cinema as a form of entertainment.

Let's go to the pictures.

Printverb

(transitive) To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.

to print calico
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Picturenoun

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

She's the very picture of health.

Printverb

(transitive) To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

Picturenoun

An attractive sight.

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

Printverb

(transitive) To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.

Picturenoun

The art of painting; representation by painting.

Printverb

To display a string on the terminal.

Picturenoun

A figure; a model.

Printnoun

(uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.

Three citations are required for each meaning, including one in print.TV and the internet haven't killed print.

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.''

Printnoun

(uncountable) Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.

Write in print using block letters.

Pictureverb

(transitive) To represent in or with a picture.

Printnoun

(uncountable) The letters forming the text of a document.

The print is too small for me to read.

Pictureverb

(transitive) To imagine or envision.

Printnoun

A visible impression on a surface.

Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.

Pictureverb

(transitive) To depict.

Printnoun

A fingerprint.

Did the police find any prints at the scene?

Picturenoun

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

Printnoun

A footprint.

Picturenoun

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

a small painting by Picassohe bought the painting as an investmenthis pictures hang in the Louvre

Printnoun

(visual art) A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.

Picturenoun

a clear and telling mental image;

he described his mental picture of his assailanthe had no clear picture of himself or his worldthe events left a permanent impression in his mind

Printnoun

(photography) A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.

Picturenoun

a situation treated as an observable object;

the political picture is favorablethe religious scene in England has changed in the last century

Printnoun

(motion pictures) A copy of a film that can be projected.

Picturenoun

illustrations used to decorate or explain a text;

the dictionary had many pictures

Printnoun

Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.

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 nightthe film was shot on location

Printnoun

the result of the printing process;

I want to see it in black and white

Picturenoun

the visible part of a television transmission;

they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone

Printnoun

a picture or design printed from an engraving

Picturenoun

a graphic or vivid verbal description;

too often the narrative was interrupted by long word picturesthe author gives a depressing picture of life in Polandthe pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters

Printnoun

a visible indication made on a surface;

some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of markspaw prints were everywhere

Picturenoun

a typical example of some state or quality;

the very picture of a modern generalshe was the picture of despair

Printnoun

a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it)

Pictureverb

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

Printnoun

a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers)

Pictureverb

show in, or as in, a picture;

This scene depicts country lifethe face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting

Printnoun

a printed picture produced from a photographic negative

Printverb

put into print;

The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorceThese news should not be printed

Printverb

write as if with print; not cursive

Printverb

make into a print;

print the negative

Printverb

reproduce by printing