different between posturing vs counterprogram

English

Noun

posturing (plural posturings)

1. The assumption of an exaggerated pose or attitude.
   • 1990, Clyde de L. Ryals, A World of Possibilities: Romantic Irony in Victorian Literature

     With his "hatred of what was theatrical" (1:124) he is put off by the posturings and attitudinizings of the chief actors.

2. The behaviour of some birds as a means of signalling etc.

Translations

Verb

posturing

1. present participle of posture

Anagrams

• outspring, spring out, sprouting, stuporing

English

Alternative forms

• counterprogramme (rare)

Etymology

counter- +? program

Verb

counterprogram (third-person singular simple present counterprograms, present participle counterprogramming, simple past and past participle counterprogrammed)

1. To schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete or contrast with a program broadcast simultaneously on another station.
2. By extension, to engage in similar competitive posturing or scheduling in any comparable situation.

   The opposing political party is deploying high profile speakers to counterprogram the convention with small rallies at nearby sites.

Anagrams

• program counter