Poster vs Placard - What's the difference?
poster | placard |
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
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.
Placard is a synonym of poster.
As nouns the difference between poster and placard
is that poster is one who posts a message while placard is a sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.As a verb placard is
to affix a placard to.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
* * * * * * * ----placard
English
Noun
(en noun)- All placards or edicts are published in his name.
- to give a placard to do something