I asked a question here on GD after which I decided to read a book.
As a non-native English speaker, there are a lot of new terms for me to learn, and it seems that I might have used the wrong term image
in my question Do we perceive images in text reading order. The term graphic
, diagram
or drawing
would probably suit better there, because I only wanted an answer for that kind of stuff (still not 100% which one to pick).
This brings me to my question: what is the relationship between these words?
- graphic
- image
- picture
- design
- drawing
- photo(graphy)
- painting
- sketch
- diagram
- render
- illustration
- figure
- shape
I have already tried to translate the words in my native language (German), but now that I have so many terms I'm even confused for the German terms.
I want to know:
- which ones are pure synonyms?
- which one is a superset of which ones?
- what is the different between those words?
- which term is similar to which one?
- which word is never related to another?
Please stick to the 80/20 rule: do not consider strange situations such as a photography of a painting where the painting shows a diagram. There are enough combinations to explain I would say (even so many that this could become closed as too broad).
Bild (image)
andBild (picture)
- is there a difference? If you look uppicture
on dict.leo.org it translates into almost anything.Sketch
could not only translate toSkizze
but also toEntwurf
andEntwurf
can also meandesign
.