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Placard vs Placket - What's the difference?

placard | placket |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between placard and placket

is that placard is (obsolete) permission given by authority; a license while placket is (obsolete) a woman's pocket.

As nouns the difference between placard and placket

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 placket is a slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings.

As a verb placard

is to affix a placard to.

placard

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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
  • All placards or edicts are published in his name.
  • (obsolete) Permission given by authority; a license.
  • to give a placard to do something
  • (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.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To affix a placard to.
  • To announce with placards.
  • to placard a sale

    placket

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings
  • :* 1922': Dislike dressing together. Nicked myself shaving. Biting her nether lip, hooking the '''placket of her skirt. — James Joyce, ''Ulysses
  • :* 2001': When the '''placket of his shirt gave way, the stones tore freely into the skin on his chest and back, and he no longer imagined Lucy Hartley enjoying his guitar serenades – he wondered if he would get to the roof alive. — Glen David Gold, ''Carter Beats the Devil
  • (obsolete) A petticoat, especially an under petticoat.
  • (obsolete, slang, by extension) A woman.
  • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • (obsolete) A woman's pocket.