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Buranda Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Pictures vs images vs photographs

Hi,

When do you say pictures(pics), images, photograph(photo), respectively and what 's the difference?

I always use them interchablely but am always not sure which one is correct.

Thank you.
  

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Good morning from America. The three are interchangeable in informal speech. Picture is a broad term: it is used to refer to oil paintings, children's drawings, digital images, etc.

  • Good morning from America.
  • The three are interchangeable in informal speech.
  • Picture is a broad term: it is used to refer to oil paintings, children's drawings, digital images, etc.
  • Picture is also used metaphorically in referring to something pleasant: "she was a picture in pink".
  • A photograph is an image captured by a camera, whether digital or film.
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Good morning from America.

The three are interchangeable in informal speech.

Picture is a broad term: it is used to refer to oil paintings, children's drawings, digital images, etc. Picture is also used metaphorically in referring to something pleasant: "she was a picture in pink".

A photograph is an image captured by a camera, whether digital or film. In the e

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