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Gallery vs Poster - What's the difference?

gallery | poster |

As nouns the difference between gallery and poster

is that gallery is an institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art while poster is poster.

gallery

Noun

(galleries)
  • An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art.
  • An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
  • Uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
  • A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side
  • as a whole, the spectators of an event.
  • * {{quote-news
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  • A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
  • a gallery of image thumbnails
    a clip-art gallery in a wordprocessor

    Derived terms

    * peanut gallery * rogues' gallery

    Anagrams

    * allergy * largely * regally

    poster

    English

    Etymology 1

    from to post (placcard, publish) + -er

    Noun

    (wikipedia poster) (en noun)
  • One who s a message.
  • Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.
  • One who posts, or travels expeditiously; a courier.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Posters of the sea and land.
  • (dated) A posthorse.
  • * C. Lever
  • Posters at full gallop.
  • An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.
  • I saw a poster for it on the side of a bus.
  • A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
  • He has posters of his favorite band, sports teams and holiday resorts up.
  • (ice hockey, slang) A shot which only hits a goal post without going in
  • We got three posters in the third and lost.
    Derived terms
    * movie poster * OP * poster paint

    Etymology 2

    from to post (travel, dispatch) + -er

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A post-horse
  • (archaic) A swift traveler
  • Anagrams

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