Poster vs Coaster - What's the difference?
poster | coaster |
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
one who coasts.
Something that coasts, such as a sled or toboggan.
(label) A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters.
(label) A sailor who travels only in coastal waters.
* 1881 , Symon's monthly meteorological magazine (page 59)
A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.
A small piece of material used to protect the surface of a table, upon which one places cups or mugs.
A small tray on wheels, used to pass something around a table.
A worthless compact disc or DVD, such as one that was burned incorrectly.
(label) A rollercoaster.
(label) A (coaster trout) (brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis )
As nouns the difference between poster and coaster
is that poster is one who posts a message while coaster is Agent noun of coast: one who coasts.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
* * * * * * * ----coaster
English
Noun
(en noun)- If you question a seaman on the subject, whether mere coaster or circumnavigator, he will tell you that in a snow-storm, because of its constant eddyings and gyrations, frequent trimming of sails is more necessary than in any other gale