sprawl vs posture

posture vs sprawl

sprawl and posture both are nouns.

sprawl and posture both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sprawl	Yes	No	Yes	No
posture	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, posture is a hypernym of sprawl; that is, posture is a word with a broader meaning than sprawl:

sprawl: an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
posture: the arrangement of the body and its limbs

Other hypernyms of sprawl include attitude, position.

sprawl (noun)	posture (noun)
an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about	the arrangement of the body and its limbs
an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities	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

sprawl (verb)	posture (verb)
sit or lie with one's limbs spread out	assume a posture as for artistic purposes
go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way	behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others

Difference between sprawl and posture

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