depict
Render in images
To depict is to represent something in an image or in words.
A painting depicts a scene; a novel depicts life in wartime.
The word suggests careful rendering rather than casual mention: The mural depicts the founding of the city.
Depiction can be visual or verbal, but always implies showing rather than merely telling.
Represent through performance
- characterizeDescribe distinctive qualities
- conveyCommunicate or transport
- narrateTell a story aloud
- recountNarrate or retally
chronicle · relate · detail · express · articulate · capture · represent · sketch
Create with pencil
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- renderCause to become
- representStand in for
- delineateDescribe with precision
diagram · limn · trace · outline · draft · etch · engrave · design
Cause to become
- CGIDigital movie imagery
- 3DThree-axis spatial representation
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- graphicsVisual design elements
texture · visualization · simulation · photorealistic · modeling · VFX · compositing · storyboard
Movie or coating
- photographImage from a camera
- documentaryFactual film about reality
- muralWall-applied artwork
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
tapestry · sculpture · relief · mosaic · woodcut · lithograph · engraving · print
Dramatic unit or locale
- storyAccount of events
- episodeSerialized content unit
- momentBrief period of time
- eventA notable occurrence
drama · allegory · parable · myth · legend · tableau · vignette · sequence
Visual similarity or representation
- subjectMatter under discussion
- sitterTemporary child caretaker
- poseDeliberate bodily arrangement
- profileSide-facing outline
bust · figure · visage · countenance · feature · expression · commission · canvas
portray
Represent through performance
- characterizeDescribe distinctive qualities
- conveyCommunicate or transport
- narrateTell a story aloud
recount · chronicle · relate · detail · express · articulate · capture · represent · sketch · outline
draw
Create with pencil
delineate · diagram · limn · trace · outline · draft · etch · engrave · design · caricature
render
Cause to become
- CGIDigital movie imagery
- 3DThree-axis spatial representation
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
graphics · texture · visualization · simulation · photorealistic · modeling · VFX · compositing · storyboard · concept art
film
Movie or coating
- photographImage from a camera
- documentaryFactual film about reality
- muralWall-applied artwork
fresco · tapestry · sculpture · relief · mosaic · woodcut · lithograph · engraving · print · poster
scene
Dramatic unit or locale
event · drama · allegory · parable · myth · legend · tableau · vignette · sequence · action
likeness
Visual similarity or representation
profile · bust · figure · visage · countenance · feature · expression · commission · canvas · oil
- representrepresent, stand for, symbolize, embody, personify
- showingshow, displaying, display, exhibiting, demonstrate
- illustration verbsdraw, sketch, render, portray, diagram
- communicateexpress, convey, communicate, tell, share
- planningplan, planned, planners, to-do lists, calendars
- narration verbsdescribe, recount, relate, tell, report
- realistic depictionTruthful visual representation