Bunting vs Banner - What's the difference?
bunting | banner |
Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
(nautical) A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.
Flags considered as a group.
Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza , having short bills and brown or gray plumage.
A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
Any large sign, especially if constructed of soft material or fabric.
A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.
By extension, a cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.
(journalism) The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
(Internet, television) A type of advertisement in a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content. Contrast popup, interstitial.
(heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.
A person etc. who bans something.
An administrative subdivision in .
Exceptional; very good.
* {{quote-book
, year=1853
, author=New-Hampshire Missionary Society
, title=Annual Report of the Trustees of the New Hampshire Missionary Society, Volumes 50-57
, volume=53
As nouns the difference between bunting and banner
is that bunting is strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag while banner is a flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.As a verb bunting
is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective banner is
exceptional; very good.bunting
English
(wikipedia bunting)Etymology 1
Possibly from dialect , hence the material used for that purpose.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
(Emberiza)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* * corn bunting * indigo bunting * painted bunting * reed bunting * snow buntingEtymology 3
See buntVerb
(head)banner
English
Noun
(en noun)- The mayor hung a banner across Main Street to commemorate the town's 100th anniversary.
- They usually make their case under the banner of environmentalism.
Derived terms
* banner rollAdjective
(-)- It is a banner achievement for an athlete to run a mile in under four minutes.
- 1965 was a banner year for the company; it produced a million widgets for the first time.
citation, page=16 , magazine=Annual Report of the Trustees of the New Hampshire Missionary Society , publisher=Steam power press of McFarland & Jenks , passage=The year just closed has been the banner year for New-Hampshire Home Missions. The amount raised for the cause is $505,38 more than ever was raised before in any one year. }}