What's the difference between emblazon and tabard?

Emblazon


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.
  • (v. t.) To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She was not aware that it was an assassination attempt by alleged foreign agents.” If at least one of the women thought the killing was part of an elaborate prank, it might explain the “LOL” message emblazoned in large letters one of the killers t-shirts.
  • (2) While visitors amble freely around the newly refurbished inside – the Pierhead is sure and steadfast in its role outside as the drastic red building, emblazoning the landscape of Cardiff Bay in all its regal beauty.
  • (3) Von Trier, who took a " vow of silence " after being banned from the Cannes film festival in 2011 after joking about Nazism during a press conference for Melancholia, arrived at Nymphomaniac's photocall wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase "Persona Non Grata"; true to his word, he failed to attend the subsequent press conference where his actors and producer talked about the film.
  • (4) With her blond bob, convertible car, cigarette in hand and cropped top emblazoned with the letters YOLO ("You Only Live Once"), this is an Alice in Wonderland the world has not seen before.
  • (5) Within a month of his appointment, he had brokered a "four-figure" deal with local firm Kettering Tyres, and in a SL game against Bath City on January 24 1976, Kettering became the first British club to run out with a company's name emblazoned on their shirts.
  • (6) A month or so ago a whispering campaign, which at one point appeared to emanate from senior figures in Downing Street, suggested that Crosby had placed the usually sunny David Cameron into a straitjacket emblazoned with the words “long-term economic plan”, which he found frustrating.
  • (7) Officers were in low numbers and principally dressed in bright blue polo shirts emblazoned with “NYPD Community Affairs”.
  • (8) Once you’ve picked this out of thin air, you notice the large “River Island” emblazoned across the side.
  • (9) As in a mosque, worshippers remove their shoes before entering the historic building, where biblical quotations are emblazoned on the walls in English, Hebrew and Persian scripts.
  • (10) They are filing towards the tree-lined square of Ulysses Place, where a red concrete wall waits to greet them, emblazoned with big bronze letters.
  • (11) The statement said a search of one gang member’s house unearthed a red duffel bag with an Italian flag that contained Regeni’s student cards, credit cards, mobile phones and a brown wallet with his passport in, as well as a second wallet emblazoned with the word “love” and other personal effects such as sunglasses.
  • (12) Ronald Koeman likely to dash Everton’s hopes by staying at Southampton Read more ¢ “Leading Saints into a new era,” read the headline on the cover of the Southampton matchday programme, emblazoned across the image of Virgil van Dijk.
  • (13) He wrote: “Emblazoned on the battlebus, both Leave and Remain wrapped themselves in the mantle of a strong and better funded health service.
  • (14) The group imposed a reign of terror, dressing up its violence with cult-like rituals: new members were initiated wearing faux medieval costumes, including plastic helmets and tunics emblazoned with red crusader crosses.
  • (15) And from the smart-looking website and book bags emblazoned with the academy's slogan, "Unlocking potential", it certainly seems like a slick operation.
  • (16) This is a huge general ‘Fuck off’.” On the hard right, Matteo Salvini, leader of the anti-migrant Lega Nord, is also surfing the wave, describing Trump’s triumph as a strike against globalisation: “It’s the revenge of the people, of courage, of pride, of the desire for work and security; and it’s one in the eye for the bankers, the speculators and the journalists.” Salvini’s No referendum rallies have been “Trumpified”, accompanied now by supporters waving blue placards , emblazoned “Salvini Premier”, designed to imitate those familiar from American town hall meetings.
  • (17) Donald Trump takes bait and responds to Clinton’s DNC speech with Twitter salvo Pope Francis enters Auschwitz death camp in silence The pontiff walked slowly and alone beneath the infamous gates to Auschwitz-Birkenau emblazoned with the words Arbeit Macht Frei.
  • (18) A few wore union flag T-shirts emblazoned with the motto: "Extradite me, I'm British".
  • (19) It was emblazoned with a photograph of Bernie Sanders.
  • (20) Life is indeed a learning experience, but the general appeared not to be reading the central message emblazoned in flashing neon lights ever since the first foreign troops arrived in southern Afghanistan.

Tabard


Definition:

  • (n.) A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The other costumes on the top rail are a pink cowgirl outfit, a pink waitress costume, a pink and purple superhero costume and a "hair stylist" tabard, in pink with purple trim, complete with plastic comb, mirror, scissors and hairdryer.
  • (2) About five minutes after wiping the sweat from her brow and drop-kicking her placenta into a nearby wheelie bin, she stuck on a tabard and poached enough cleaning clients to buy all the bum cream her little heart desired.
  • (3) "It's like lions," he explained slowly, as Poppy and Jodie clung to one another's tabard in terror.
  • (4) "T his is Millie Snowflakes," chirps pensioner Sheila, gesturing to a squat figure in a waterproof tabard.
  • (5) A squadron of Scottish National party activists and councillors, easily identified by their fluorescent yellow tabards, clipboards and evangelical smiles, are chapping on doors in the east end of Glasgow.
  • (6) 2010 Described by French journalist Guillaume Tabard as the "revelation of the year".
  • (7) Perkins was dressed in a hi-vis tabard, a yellow hard hat and a white surgeon-style mask.