This particular post began with my own mix-ups between blog and post. I’m always misusing them even though I know the difference. And it constantly surprises me how often I’ll say blog when I mean post. Sigh.
Website was added when I got to thinking that writers new to blogging might get confused over how website and blog work together.
The truth is that a website can incorporate a blog that is filled with posts, think of these posts as articles filled with information. This information in a post can be factual or fictional and is a regular addition to any blog.
You may also want to explore the post “Internet vs Intranet vs Web“.
Word Confusions…
…started as my way of dealing with a professional frustration with properly spelled words that were out of context in manuscripts I was editing as well as books I was reviewing. It evolved into a sharing of information with y’all. I’m hoping you’ll share with us words that have been a bête noir for you from either end.
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| Blog | Post | Website |
|---|---|---|
| Credit to: Apple Dictionary.com; Dictionary.com: website; Lexico.com: blog, website | ||
Morning Journal by Karen Arnold is under the CC0 license, via Public Domain Pictures.net. — Blogs originally started as web logs. |
Add New Post by Werner Moser is under the Pixabay License, via Pixabay. |
Website by medithit is under the CC BY 2.0 license, via Flickr. — Every website address, its URL, starts with “http://www.” |
| Part of Grammar: | ||
| Noun; Verb, intransitive & transitive Plural for the noun and third person present verb: blogs |
Noun
Plural: posts |
Noun
Plural: websites |
| Noun: A regularly updated website, part of a larger website, or a web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style Verb, intransitive: Verb, transitive: |
Noun: A piece of writing, image, or other item of content published online, typically on a blog or social media website Verb, transitive: |
A collection of webpages and multimedia content that are under one domain, operated like a brochure or catalog and devoted to a single topic or several closely related topics, and are accessible over the World Wide Web
A location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages on the World Wide Web |
| Examples: | ||
| Noun: Book review sites are one example of a blog. She regularly contributes a blog to the magazine’s website. The connections have caused a firestorm of speculation on Internet blogs and in chat rooms. Verb, intransitive: He released experimental versions, blogged about his game-design decisions as he made them, and uploaded videos to YouTube. I knew what blogs were and had read some out of political interest, but had not blogged myself. I’m in Atlanta, and I am blogging from the public library this morning. Verb, transitive: She’s been blogging her illness for almost a year. Appropriately, he blogged his own retirement on Monday. I’ll be blogging the event, with a full write-up next week. We’ve been faithfully blogging Australian gaming news since 1998. |
Noun: Each Word Confusion and book review I publish is a post. Over the summer we had a post about the power internet message boards hold over the making of movies. Remember: e-mail and newsgroup posts are not secure venues for volunteering your credit card information. Podcasting is a lot more difficult than dashing off a post on a weblog. Verb, transitive: I’ll post an article next week revealing the results of the poll. The list was promptly posted all over the Internet. |
I love being able to order up books on my library’s website.
For more information, please visit our website. I listened to the interview again on the BBC website. It’ll take an awful lot more than a few interactive websites to sort that mess out. They can also check websites for updates and search for relevant news stories. The data will be published to publicly accessible websites provided by the councils. Websites range from such as CNN.com, Macys.com, Amazon.com, KDDidIt.com, WhiteHouse.gov, and so very many more. |
| Derivatives: | ||
| Adjective: bloggable, bloggier, bloggiest, bloggy Noun: blogger, blogosphere, blogroll |
Noun: poster | |
| Phrasal Verb | ||
| post up | ||
| History of the Word: | ||
| 1990s, as an abbreviation of weblog. | Old English, from the Latin postis meaning doorpost, later rod, beam, and probably reinforced in Middle English by the Old French post meaning pillar, beam and the Middle Dutch and the Middle Low German post meaning doorpost. | 1994, from web in the internet sense + site. |
C’mon, get it out of your system, bitch, whine, moan…which words are your pet peeves? Also, please note that I try to be as accurate as I can, but mistakes happen or I miss something. Email me if you find errors, so I can fix them…and we’ll all benefit!
Satisfy your curiosity about other Word Confusions by exploring the index. You may also want to explore Formatting Tips, Grammar Explanations, and/or the Properly Punctuated.
Resources for Blog vs Post vs Website
Spera, Mark. “What is a Blog and How is it Different from a Website?” Growth Marketing Pro. 26 August 2018. Web. 26 Dec 2019. <https://www.growthmarketingpro.com/what-is-a-blog-and-how-is-it-different-from-a-website/>.
WDD Staff. “A History of Blogging.” Web Designer Depot.com. 14 March 2011. Web. 29 Dec 2019. <https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2011/03/a-brief-history-of-blogging/>.
Pinterest Photo Credits:
Beach Blogging, after Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron aka Cassandre by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com is under the CC BY 2.0 license, via Flickr. It was resized and the top and right borders extended to fit the size of the pin. The top was also given a graduated transparency. Google is a screenshot of its search homepage, which is but one type of website and courtesy of Google. The graphic was given a graduated transparency from right to left.
