Difference between Illustration and Example

What is the difference between Illustration and Example?

Illustration as a noun is the act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct. while Example as a noun is something that is representative of all such things in a group.

Illustration

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity. A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.

Example

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Something that is representative of all such things in a group.Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).A person punished as a warning to others.A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.

We hope you now know whether to use Illustration or Example in your sentence.

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