Placard vs Decal - What's the difference?
placard | decal |
A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
(obsolete) A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.
* Howell
(obsolete) Permission given by authority; a license.
(historical) An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate of armour.
(historical) A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.
A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
(US) A decorative sticker.
* 1971
** But your flag decal won't get you Into Heaven any more. / They're already overcrowded From your dirty little war.
As nouns the difference between placard and decal
is that placard is a sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place while decal is a design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.As a verb placard
is to affix a placard to.placard
English
Noun
(en noun)- All placards or edicts are published in his name.
- to give a placard to do something