noun (n)

• a graphic or vivid verbal description(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  characterisation, characterization, depiction, picture, word picture, word-painting
  

  source: wordnet30
• a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  depiction, limning, line drawing
  

  source: wordnet30
• representation by drawing or painting etc(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  depiction, portrayal
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively.(noun)

  source: webster1913