Picture / image / photo

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Hello,What is the difference between 'picture', 'image', 'pic', and 'photo'?Thanks.

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"Picture" can mean any manmade reproduction of a visual scene: painting, photograph, drawing, etc., even a visual reproduction in your mind ("I have a vivid picture in my mind of that girl we met last summer.") "Picture" is also used as slang for "motion picture" ("Have you seen that new picture that just opened up?"). But it is not used for a scene on the screen during a movie.

"Image" is similar to "picture," that is, painting, photograph, drawing, mental reproduction, etc., but it need not be manmade, for example, the reflection in a mirror or a pool of water is an "image." And "image" can refer to a visual scene on the screen during a movie, but not to the entire movie itself ("That was a beautiful image in the movie, when the lovers were embracing under that tree.").

"Pic" is usually used as a slang term for photograph ("Show me the pic you just took.").

"Photo" is short for photograph ("Show me those photos you took at the party.")

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