Difference between Portrait and Picture

What is the difference between Portrait and Picture?

Portrait as a noun is a painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders. while Picture as a noun is a representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.

Portrait

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders. An accurate depiction of a mood. a print mode or selection specifying the rectangle to be printed on having the vertical sides longer than the horizontal sides.

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).

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

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