> The word ‘photo’ comes from the Greek word for light.
> A photo may also be referred to as a ‘photograph’, this is a combination of the Greek words for light and drawing; A photograph is a drawing made of light.
Trying to assume as much good faith in the original comment, GP may have been talking about the difference between the original photo and the resulting published jpeg file.
sharken|4 years ago
> A photo may also be referred to as a ‘photograph’, this is a combination of the Greek words for light and drawing; A photograph is a drawing made of light.
Source https://shuttermuse.com/glossary/photo/
According to Wikipedia the two words mean the same thing:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photograph
Photo seems to be the more popular version lately which is hardly surprising:
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=photo%2Cphotog...
scrollaway|4 years ago