Posture vs. Preen — What's the Difference?

A position of a person's body or body parts

To smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak or bill.

A characteristic way of bearing one's body; carriage

To trim or clean (fur) with the tongue, as cats do.

(Zoology) A position of an animal's body or body parts, especially for the purpose of communication

To dress or groom (oneself) with elaborate care; primp.

Relative placement or arrangement

To take pride or satisfaction in (oneself); gloat.

A condition or state under certain circumstances

To dress up; primp.

An attitude or way of behaving, especially when adopted to have an effect on others

To swell with pride; gloat or exult.

An approach or policy with regard to something

A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.

To assume a certain, often exaggerated body position; pose.

Pin

To assume a certain attitude or behave in a certain way, especially to make an impression or gain an advantage

Bodkin; brooch

(Zoology) To assume a certain position of the body or of body parts, often as part of a display.

(transitive) To pin; fasten.

To put into a specific posture; pose

To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.

To place in a certain arrangement or condition

To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.

The way a person holds and positions their body.

(intransitive) To show off, posture, or smarm.

A situation or condition.

(transitive) To flatter.

One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person.

(transitive) To comb; to make orderly.

(rare) The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation.

(transitive) To trim up, as trees.

(intransitive) to put one's body into a posture or series of postures, especially hoping that one will be noticed and admired

To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.

(intransitive) to pretend to have an opinion or a conviction

A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.

(transitive) To place in a particular position or attitude; to pose.

To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; - said of birds.

The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action is expressed; attitude.

To trim up, as trees.

Place; position; situation.

To dress (oneself) carefully or stylishly; to primp.

State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.

To pride (oneself) on one's accomplishments; to congratulate (oneself).

To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture one's self; to posture a model.

To dress up neatly and smartly; to make oneself well-groomed and well-dressed.

To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.

To feel proud of one's achievement; to swell or gloat.

Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.

Clean with one's bill;

Position or arrangement of the body and its limbs;

Pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement

Characteristic way of bearing one's body;

Dress or groom with elaborate care;

A rationalized mental attitude

Capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war;

Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others;

Assume a posture as for artistic purposes;