Pix vs Pic - What's the difference?
pix | pic |
(informal)
* 1946 , “Palisades Notes”, in , Nielsen Business Media, Inc., ISSN 0006-2510, Volume 58, Number 37 (1946 September 14),
* 1978 , response to a letter to the editor, in American Motorcyclist , American Motorcyclist Association, ISSN 0277-9358, Volume 32, Number 2 (1978 February),
* 2010 , Lynn Powell, Framing Innocence: A Mother’s Photographs, a Prosecutor’s Zeal, and a Small Town’s Response , The New Press, ISBN 978-1-59558-551-6,
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motion pictures; movies.
(informal) A picture, especially a photographic image.
In informal terms the difference between pix and pic
is that pix is Plural form of {{term|pic in the sense of "picture".} while pic is a picture, especially a photographic image.As an initialism PIC is
pilot in command.pix
English
Etymology 1
First attested , along with other similar words that the magazine calls slanguage [http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=slanguage].Noun
(en-plural noun)page 82:
- Annual photo contest has brought in some pix by amateurs which are definitely in the professional category.
page 4:
- Photo selection can be tricky with space limitations, Arthur, and we blew that one. Hope the Scott pix in our January issue made you feel better about this.
pages 15–16:
- He nervously wrote down Amy’s instructions for what to say and how to behave if the police came back with a search warrant:
