Poster vs Portrait - What's the difference?
poster | portrait |
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 painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
* Sir J. Reynolds
(figuratively) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.
(computing, printing) A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.
Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal.
As nouns the difference between poster and portrait
is that poster is poster while portrait is .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
* * * * * * * ----portrait
English
Alternative forms
* pourtraict (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- In portraits , the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature.
- The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.
Antonyms
* (print mode or selection) landscape * (print mode or selection) profileAdjective
(-)- a portrait''' bust; a '''portrait statue