Advertisement vs Poster - What's the difference?
advertisement | poster |
(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
A public notice.
A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
One who s a message.
One who posts, or travels expeditiously; a courier.
* Shakespeare
(dated) A posthorse.
* C. Lever
An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.
A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
(ice hockey, slang) A shot which only hits a goal post without going in
As nouns the difference between advertisement and poster
is that advertisement is a commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar while poster is one who posts a message.advertisement
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Alternative forms
*Noun
(wikipedia advertisement) (en noun)- Companies try to sell their products using advertisements in form of placards, television spots and print publications.
- The city council placed an advertisement in the local newspaper to inform its residents of the forthcoming roadworks.
- The people gave a good advertisement for Wiktionary.
Synonyms
* (commercial solicitation) ad, advert * (public notice)Derived terms
(terms derived from advertisement) * ad * advert * advertorial * classified advertisement * pop-up advertisementHyponyms
* commercial * infomercialposter
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Etymology 1
from to post (placcard, publish) + -erNoun
(wikipedia poster) (en noun)- Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.
- Posters of the sea and land.
- Posters at full gallop.
- I saw a poster for it on the side of a bus.
- He has posters of his favorite band, sports teams and holiday resorts up.
- We got three posters in the third and lost.