Poster vs Tarpaulin - What's the difference?
poster | tarpaulin |
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
(countable) A heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover.
(countable, slang, archaic) A sailor. Often abbreviated to just tar.
(uncountable, obsolete) Any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover.
(uncountable, nautical, obsolete) Canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover.
A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
As nouns the difference between poster and tarpaulin
is that poster is one who posts a message while tarpaulin is a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover.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
* * * * * * * ----tarpaulin
English
(wikipedia tarpaulin)Noun
(en noun)- Throw a tarpaulin over that woodpile before it gets wet.