Learn English – the difference between “photo” and “image”

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What is the difference between photo and image?

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A "photo" is something that was taken with a camera.

Short for "Photograph". Photo means 'light'.

An "image" is something generated or a representation of something in any other way. This can be a combination of different photos, part of a photo that has been greatly edited, or really, anything that has been made in Adobe Photoshop.

All elephants are gray things, but not all grey things are elephants. All photos are images, but not all images are photos.