Icon and Portrait

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Icon noun - A two dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing.

Usage example: any icon of the Deity is regarded as blasphemous by adherents of that religion

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Portrait is a synonym for icon in image topic. In some cases you can use "Portrait" instead a noun "Icon", when it comes to topics like photo.

Nearby Words: iconic, iconography, iconics

Portrait noun - A vivid representation in words of someone or something.

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Icon is a synonym for portrait in photo topic. You can use "Icon" instead a noun "Portrait".

Nearby Words: portraiture, portraitist

old	old icon	old portrait
normal	normal icon	normal portrait
single	single icon	single portrait
simple	simple icon	simple portrait
Other adjectives: small, big, huge, unused, animated, famous, new, final, miniature, different, cultural, giant, stylized.

After she injures her leg during a show, they leave circus and decide to settle down back in Naples.Short on money, they sell the portrait to crooks who re-paint it into an icon of a saint, and sell it as a work by an Old Master.

Source: Film / Street Angel

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