Whats the difference between Flyers and Posters?

[orukue]

Me and my friend are making these flyers and she keeps on calling them posters. And now we are arguing over whether they are flyers, posters, or both.
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[doggydoodle]

An illustrator creates posters and designers create flyers.

[Sash]

flyers are little and can be handed out or put in stacks, like at record stores, for people to take.

posters are bigger and get posted up -- or mailed to collectors.

[RichieGoodtimes]

Some posters are flyers, but no flyers are posters.

[SkatRadioh]

I second Sash and Richie.

Some people, like me, don't get compensated for either.

[bingybunny]

The size I guess.

[ronvin]

What's a plugger?

[Clay]

I would say a Flyer is a mass-produced (usually photocopied) poster. They tend to be 1 color for use with the photocopier. Black on white paper, or black on other colored paper.

A handbill is a small version left in stacks in a record store, or handed out etc.

A Poster is larger, can come in many different formats, and is used to hang around town to advertise the event.

[Clay]

An illustrator creates posters and designers create flyers.

I disagree. Many flyers I have seen are cut and paste, non-illustrated - just a found image and some text with the band / show info. All flyers and posters have a designer. (they are all designed and laid out, whether illustrated or not.)

[Clay]

flyers are little and can be handed out or put in stacks, like at record stores, for people to take.

Those would be handbills