The difference between Picture and Reify
When used as verbs, picture means to represent in or with a picture, whereas reify means to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.
Picture is also noun with the meaning: a representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
check bellow for the other definitions of Picture and Reify
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Picture as a noun:
A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
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Picture as a noun:
An image; a representation as in the imagination.
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Picture as a noun:
A painting.
Examples:
"There was a picture hanging above the fireplace."
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Picture as a noun:
A photograph.
Examples:
"I took a picture of the church."
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Picture as a noun (informal):
A motion picture.
Examples:
"Casablanca is my all-time favorite picture."
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Picture as a noun (in the plural, informal):
Cinema .
Examples:
"Let's go to the pictures."
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Picture as a noun:
A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
Examples:
"She's the very picture of health."
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Picture as a noun:
An attractive sight.
Examples:
"The garden is a real picture at this time of year."
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Picture as a noun:
The art of painting; representation by painting.
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Picture as a noun:
A figure; a model.
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Picture as a noun:
Situation.
Examples:
"The employment picture for the older middle class is not so good."
"You can't just look at the election, you've got to look at the big picture."
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Picture as a verb (transitive):
To represent in or with a picture.
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Picture as a verb (transitive):
To imagine or envision.
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Picture as a verb (transitive):
To depict or describe vividly.
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Reify as a verb (transitive):
to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing