Q: I hear the words graphics, pictures, and images used almost
interchangeably. Is there any difference?
A: There is little if any difference between the words ?picture? and
?image.? Different software companies use one or the other.
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pic·ture ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pkchr)
n.
A visual representation or image painted, drawn, photographed, or
otherwise rendered on a flat surface.
A visible image, especially one on a flat surface or screen: the
picture reflected in the lake; focused the picture on the movie
screen.
A vivid or realistic verbal description: a Shakespearean picture of guilt.
A vivid mental image.
A person or object bearing a marked resemblance to another: She's the
picture of her mother.
A person, object, or scene that typifies or embodies an emotion, state
of mind, or mood: Your face was the very picture of horror.
The chief circumstances of an event or time; a situation.
A movie.
A tableau vivant.
tr.v. pic·tured, pic·tur·ing, pic·tures
To make a visible representation of.
To form a mental image of; visualize.
To describe vividly in words; make a verbal picture of: pictured their
heroism in glowing language. See Synonyms at represent.
im·age ( P ) Pronunciation Key (mj)
n.
A reproduction of the form of a person or object, especially a
sculptured likeness.
Physics. An optically formed duplicate, counterpart, or other
representative reproduction of an object, especially an optical
reproduction formed by a lens or mirror.
One that closely or exactly resembles another; a double: He is the
image of his uncle.
The opinion or concept of something that is held by the public.
The character projected to the public, as by a person or institution,
especially as interpreted by the mass media.
A personification of something specified: That child is the image of good health.
A mental picture of something not real or present.
A vivid description or representation.
A figure of speech, especially a metaphor or simile.
A concrete representation, as in art, literature, or music, that is
expressive or evocative of something else: night as an image of death.
Mathematics. A set of values of a function corresponding to a
particular subset of a domain.
Computer Science. An exact replica of the contents of a storage
device, such as a hard disk, stored on a second storage device, such
as a network server.
Obsolete. An apparition.
tr.v. im·aged, im·ag·ing, im·ag·es
To make or produce a likeness of: imaged the poet in bronze.
To mirror or reflect: a statue imaged in the water.
To symbolize or typify: a kneeling woman imaging the nation's grief.
To picture mentally; imagine.
To describe, especially so vividly as to evoke a mental picture of.
Computer Science.
To print (a file) using a laser printer, imagesetter, direct-to-plate
press, or similar device.
To transmit (an exact replica of the contents of a storage device) to
another storage device: imaged the hard drive to the server.
To render visually, as by magnetic resonance imaging.
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