Difference between Picture and Figure

What is the difference between Picture and Figure?

Picture as a verb is to represent in or with a picture. while Figure as a verb is to solve a mathematical problem.

Picture

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To represent in or with a picture. To imagine or envision. To depict.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc. An image; a representation as in the imagination. A painting. A photograph. A motion picture. Cinema (as a form of entertainment) A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).

Figure

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To solve a mathematical problem.To come to understand.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A drawing or representation conveying information.A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of human body.A numeral.A number.A shape.A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.A dance figure.A figure of speech.

We hope you now know whether to use Picture or Figure in your sentence.

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