Pennant vs. Banner — What's the Difference?

(Nautical) A long, tapering, usually triangular flag, used on ships for signaling or identification.

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 flag or an emblem similar in shape to a ship's pennant.

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

A flag that symbolizes the championship of a league, especially a professional baseball league.

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

The championship symbolized by such a flag.

Excellent; outstanding

A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.

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

The broad pennant flown by commodores.

The flag of a nation, state, or army.

The church pennant indicating religious services are taking place aboard ship.

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

The commissioning pennant flown on ceremonial occasions.

A headline spanning the width of a newspaper page.

(sports) The winning of a competition, represented by a flag.

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

A commemorative flag, traditionally triangular and made of felt, typically used to show support for a particular athletic team.

(Botany) See standard.

A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.

Unusually good; outstanding

A sandstone between coal measures in parts of South Wales

To supply with banners.

Either of two species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Macrodiplax, of the tropics and subtropics.

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

A small flag; a pennon. The narrow pennant, or long pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel.

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

The award given to the champion

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

A flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering)

(by extension) A military or administrative subdivision.

A long flag; often tapering

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

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

A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.

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

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.

(heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.

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.

One who bans something.

Exceptional; very good.

(transitive) To adorn with a banner.

To display as a banner headline.

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

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;