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What is the difference between photograph and portfolio?

photograph | portfolio |

As nouns the difference between photograph and portfolio

is that photograph is a picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, ccd receptor, etc while portfolio is a case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents.

As a verb photograph

is to take a photograph of.

photograph

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author= , title=Pixels or Perish , volume=100, issue=2, page=106 , magazine= citation , passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs , MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}

    Derived terms

    * photo * photographic * photography * photographer

    External links

    * (wikipedia)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take a photograph of.
  • * Hamerton
    • He makes his pen drawing on white paper, and they are afterwards photographed on wood.
  • * Lady D. Hardy
    • He is photographed on my mind.
  • To take photographs.
  • To appear in a photograph.
    • She photographs well. The camera ''loves'' her.

    portfolio

    English

    (wikipedia portfolio)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents.
  • The collection of such documents, especially the works of an artist or photographer.
  • (politics) The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department.
  • The group of investments and other assets held by an investor.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Engineers of a different kind , passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.
  • A collection of assets generally.
    • I would like to introduce you to our portfolio of services.

    See also

    * curriculum vitae * repertoire ----