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Bilu Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

"Picture" vs. "Image" ???

0Can someone please tell the differences between "picture" and "image", or they definitely have the same meaning?02br
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0I would like to say a picture consists of many images. The image of you is the shape of you, does not include other things out of the shape.0-
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00Both words have several meanings, and both can mean a visual likeness. Generally, a picture is one kind of image; a statue is another.0-
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0That's really good question! ..:-)02br
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00In my opinion the difference between these two words is in the situations where they are being used....02br
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00This word is being used mostly for the photos from the camera...Not even from the digital camera.02br
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0The common format for digital photo is JPG, and, by my point of view, we do say JPG picture to indicate the format of a digital photo in real life. 02br
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00For me, in a way, image sounds more academic than picture. 01blockquote
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10That's really good question! ..:-)12br
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0 A picture is an image, but an image isn't necessarily a picture.02br
00Study these two definitions. They should give you a good picture (not image) of the difference.02br
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10The common format for digital photo is JPG, and, by my point of view, we do say JPG picture to indicate the format of a digital photo in real life. 12br
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Hi...The Digital format is called Images...
If It is Analog format it is picture
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I'd say true to this distinction.

Both "image" and "picture" refer to physical or visual likenesses. BUT, "Imaging" has an additional verbal form that "picturing" does not. That is the transforming of data into an exact replica in different form, such as changing digital data to pixels for CRT display. "Picturing" doesn't include any definition like this.

So "image" could be
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The "picture" is what you see... the "image" is what you remember. The "image" raises a question, delivers an answer, stimulates an emotion, or recreates a memory... and draws you look again.

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