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Poster vs. Chart

Poster and Chart Definitions

Poster

A large, usually printed placard, bill, or announcement, often illustrated, that is posted to advertise or publicize something.

Chart

A map showing coastlines, water depths, or other information of use to navigators.

Poster

An artistic work, often a reproduction of an original painting or photograph, printed on a large sheet of paper.

Chart

An outline map on which specific information, such as scientific data, can be plotted.

Poster

One that posts bills or notices.

Chart

A sheet presenting information in the form of graphs or tables.
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Poster

One that travels in speed or with haste.

Chart

See graph1.

Poster

A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
He has posters of his favorite band, sports teams and holiday resorts up.

Chart

Often charts A listing of best-selling recorded music or other items
A hit single that reached number 3 on the charts.

Poster

An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.
I saw a poster for the film on the side of a bus.

Chart

To make a chart of.
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Poster

(internet) One who posts a message.
Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.

Chart

To plan (something) in detail
Is charting a course to destruction.

Poster

A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.

Chart

To be ranked on a chart of best-selling items
A song that charted at the number one position last week.

Poster

A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.
We got three posters in the third and lost.

Chart

A map.
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Poster

(basketball) A dunk over a defending player.

Chart

A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.

Poster

(dated) A posthorse.

Chart

A navigator's map.

Poster

(archaic) A swift traveller; a courier.

Chart

A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.

Poster

(transitive) To decorate with posters.
To poster the walls of a bedroom

Chart

A tabular presentation of data; a table.

Poster

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

Chart

A diagram.

Poster

One who posts bills; a billposter.

Chart

A graph.

Poster

One who posts, or travels expeditiously; a courier.

Chart

A record of a patient's diagnosis, care instructions, and recent history.
I snuck a look at his chart. It doesn't look good.

Poster

A post horse.

Chart

A ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music.
They're at the top of the charts again this week.

Poster

A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement;
A poster advertised the coming attractions

Chart

A written deed; a charter.

Poster

Someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards

Chart

Synonym of coordinate chart.

Poster

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

Chart

(transitive) To draw a chart or map of.
Chart the seas

Chart

(transitive) To draw or figure out (a route or plan).
Let's chart how we're going to get from here to there.
We are on a course for disaster without having charted it.

Chart

(transitive) To record systematically.

Chart

To appear on a hit-recording chart.
The song has charted for 15 weeks!
The band first charted in 1994.

Chart

A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in tabular form; as, an historical chart.

Chart

A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts.

Chart

A written deed; a charter.

Chart

To lay down in a chart; to map; to delineate; as, to chart a coast.

Chart

A visual display of information

Chart

A map designed to assist navigation by air or sea

Chart

Make a chart of;
Chart the territory

Chart

Plan in detail;
Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein

Chart

Represent by means of a graph;
Chart the data

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