Handout vs Poster - What's the difference?
handout | poster |
A worksheet, leaflet, or pamphlet that is given out (usually by hand) for a certain use.
(senseid)A gift to the poor or needy.
A gift, something given without effort
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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 handout and poster
is that handout is a worksheet, leaflet, or pamphlet that is given out (usually by hand) for a certain use while poster is one who posts a message.handout
English
Noun
(en noun)- It's a place to get a hand up, not a handout .
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- They had contributed heavily to their own downfall, most glaringly with the senselessness of Chris Smalling’s red card, and they should know by now that Manuel Pellegrini’s team are not the kind of opponents to pass up these kind of handouts .
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.