Bunting vs. Banner — What's the Difference?

An Old World seed-eating songbird related to the finches, typically having brown streaked plumage and a boldly marked head.

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.

A small New World songbird of the cardinal subfamily, the male of which is mainly or partly bright blue in colour.

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

Flags and other colourful festive decorations.

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

A hooded sleeping bag for babies.

Excellent; outstanding

To bat (a pitched ball) by tapping it lightly so that the ball rolls slowly in front of the infielders.

A piece of cloth attached to a staff and used as a standard by a monarch, military commander, or knight.

To cause (a base runner) to advance or (a run) to score by bunting.

The flag of a nation, state, or army.

To push or strike with or as if with the head; butt.

A piece of cloth bearing a motto or legend, as of a club.

(Baseball) To bunt a pitched ball

A headline spanning the width of a newspaper page.

To butt.

A rectangular space with text or graphics, especially an advertisement, running across the top of a webpage or other online document.

The act of bunting.

(Botany) See standard.

A bunted ball.

Unusually good; outstanding

A butt with or as if with the head.

To supply with banners.

A light cotton, woolen, or synthetic cloth used for making flags.

To give a banner headline to (a story or item) in a newspaper.

Flags considered as a group.

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

Strips of cloth or material usually in the colors of the national flag, used especially as drapery or streamers for festive decoration.

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

Any of various birds of the family Emberizidae, having short, cone-shaped bills and brownish, yellowish, or grayish plumage.

(by extension) A military or administrative subdivision.

Any of various similar birds of the family Cardinalidae, often with brightly colored plumage.

Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.

A snug-fitting, hooded sleeping bag or one-piece garment of heavy material for infants.

A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.

Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.

A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.

(nautical) A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.

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

Flags considered as a group.

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

Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.

(heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.

A warm, hooded infant garment, as outerwear or sleepwear, similar to a sleeper or sleepsack; especially as baby bunting or bunting bag.

A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia and Tuva, made during the Qing dynasty; at that time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided into banners.

A pushing action.

One who bans something.

A strong timber; a stout prop.

Exceptional; very good.

(obsolete) An old boys' game, played with sticks and a small piece of wood.

(transitive) To adorn with a banner.

A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidæ).

To display as a banner headline.

A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals.

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

A loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.

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 of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America

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;