Poster vs. Banner

A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.

Example: ‘He has posters of his favorite band, sports teams and holiday resorts up.’;

An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.

Example: ‘I saw a poster for the film on the side of a bus.’;

(internet) One who posts a message.

Example: ‘Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.’;

A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.

Example: ‘We got three posters in the third and lost.’;

(dated) A posthorse.

(archaic) A swift traveller; a courier.

(transitive) To decorate with posters.

Example: ‘to poster the walls of a bedroom’;

A large bill or placard intended to be posted in public places.

One who posts bills; a billposter.

One who posts, or travels expeditiously; a courier.

A post horse.

a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement;

Example: ‘a poster advertised the coming attractions’;

someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards

a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers

A poster is a temporary promotion of an idea, product, or event put up in a public space for mass consumption. Typically, posters include both textual and graphic elements, although a poster may be either wholly graphical or wholly text.

A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.

(by extension) the military unit under such a flag or standard.

(by extension) a military or administrative subdivision.

Any large sign, especially if constructed of soft material or fabric.

Example: ‘The mayor hung a banner across Main Street to commemorate the town's 100th anniversary.’;

A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.

(by extension) a cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.

Example: ‘They usually make their case under the banner of environmentalism.’;

(journalism) The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.

A type of advertisement in a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content. Contrast popup, interstitial.

(heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.

A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia, China (хошуу/旗) and Tuva (кожуун), made during the w:administrative divisions of Mongolia during Qing. At this time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang was also divided this way.

One who bans something.

Exceptional; very good.

Example: ‘It is a banner achievement for an athlete to run a mile in under four minutes.’;

(transitive) To adorn with a banner.

A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.

Example: ‘Hang out our banners on the outward walls.’;

A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.

Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.

long strip of cloth for decoration or advertising

a newspaper headline that runs across the full page

unusually good; outstanding;

Example: ‘a banner year for the company’;

a long strip of cloth bearing a slogan or design, carried in a demonstration or procession or hung in a public place

Example: ‘students waved banners and chanted slogans’; ‘a nuclear disarmament banner was carried round the war memorial’;

a flag on a pole used as the standard of a monarch, knight, or army

Example: ‘the standard bearers followed, banners of bright red and yellow depicting dragons and stags’;

used in reference to support for a belief or principle

Example: ‘the government is flying the free trade banner’;

a heading or advertisement appearing on a web page in the form of a bar, column, or box

Example: ‘a banner ad’;

excellent; outstanding

Example: ‘the company was having a banner year’;

A banner can be a flag or other piece of cloth bearing a symbol, logo, slogan or other message. A flag whose design is the same as the shield in a coat of arms (but usually in a square or rectangular shape) is called a banner of arms.