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Pictorial vs Combination - What's the difference?

pictorial | combination |

As nouns the difference between pictorial and combination

is that pictorial is a newspaper or magazine with many pictures, or section thereof while combination is the act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.

As an adjective pictorial

is of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures.

pictorial

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures.
  • Described or otherwise represented as if in a picture; graphic or vivid.
  • *{{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.}}
  • Stylistically similar to a painting, especially following pictorial conventions (of a photograph) – see pictorialism.
  • Usage notes

    Can be used comparatively “Could you give a more pictorial treatment of this subject?” but this usage is uncommon.

    Derived terms

    * pictorial convention * pictorialism * pictorially

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a newspaper or magazine with many pictures, or section thereof
  • an article primarily featuring many photographs, or simply a collection of photographs
  • (philately) a stamp featuring a vignette of local scenery or culture.
  • Usage notes

    * Individual titles will be capitalized e.g. "Sunday Pictorial" * In sense “an article consisting primarily of photographs”, particularly used of photographs of people, as in “The budding starlet is featured in a pictorial in a glossy magazine next week.”

    Coordinate terms

    * (collection of images) gallery, slideshow

    combination

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.
  • An object formed by combining.
  • A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.
  • (mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
  • An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.
  • (billiards) A combination shot; a billiard; a shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.
  • motorcycle and sidecar
  • Derived terms

    * recombination

    Synonyms

    *(act of combining) fusion, merger

    Antonyms

    * (act of combining) division, separation * (mathematics) permutation

    See also

    * permutation