Divert vs Advert - What's the difference?
divert | advert |
To turn aside from a course.
* Milton
To distract.
To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
* C. J. Smith
(obsolete) To turn aside; to digress.
(British, informal) An advertisement, an ad.
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To turn attention.
To call attention, refer; construed with to.
*1842 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ‘The Mystery of Marie Rogêt’:
*:‘I have before suggested that a genuine blackguard is never without a pocket-handkerchief. But it is not to this fact that I now especially advert .’
* 2007 September 9, the , Austria:
As verbs the difference between divert and advert
is that divert is to turn aside from a course while advert is to turn attention.As a noun advert is
an advertisement, an ad.divert
English
Verb
(en verb)- The workers diverted the stream away from the road.
- that crude apple that diverted Eve
- Don't let him divert your attention; keep your eye on the ball.
- We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy.
- I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. — Evelyn.
Synonyms
* (to lead away from a course) offleadExternal links
* *advert
English
(wikipedia advert)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=This was a wonderful advert for the Premier League, with both Chelsea and United intent on all-out attack - but Ferguson will be concerned at how his side lost their way after imperiously controlling much of the first period. }}
citation, passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.}}
Verb
(en verb)- At a time when creation seems to be endangered in so many ways through human activity, we should consciously advert to this dimension of Sunday, too.