Poster vs Painting - What's the difference?
poster | painting |
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
(lb) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s).
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*:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
(lb) The action of applying paint to a surface.
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(lb) The same activity as an art form.
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As nouns the difference between painting and poster
is that painting is an illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s) while poster is one who posts a message.As a verb painting
is present participle of lang=en.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.