Poster vs Drawing - What's the difference?
poster | drawing |
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
A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
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The act of producing such a picture.
Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat).
A small portion of tea for steeping.
* 1853 , Alice Cary, Clovernook
As nouns the difference between poster and drawing
is that poster is one who posts a message while drawing is a picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.As a verb drawing is
present participle of lang=en.poster
English
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.
Derived terms
* movie poster * OP * poster paintEtymology 2
from to post (travel, dispatch) + -erAnagrams
* * * * * * * ----drawing
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}
- the tea-kettle was presently steaming like an engine, and an extra large "drawing of tea" was steeping on the hearth.