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slouch vs posture

posture vs slouch

slouch and posture both are nouns.

slouch and posture both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
slouch Yes No Yes No
posture Yes No Yes No
As nouns, posture is a hypernym of slouch; that is, posture is a word with a broader meaning than slouch:
  • slouch: a stooping carriage in standing and walking
  • posture: characteristic way of bearing one's body
Other hypernyms of slouch include bearing, carriage.
slouch (noun) posture (noun)
a stooping carriage in standing and walking the arrangement of the body and its limbs
an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions characteristic way of bearing one's body
capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
a rationalized mental attitude
slouch (verb) posture (verb)
walk slovenly assume a posture as for artistic purposes
assume a drooping posture or carriage behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
Difference between slouch and posture

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