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Advert vs Flyer - What's the difference?

advert | flyer |

As nouns the difference between advert and flyer

is that advert is (british|informal) an advertisement, an ad while flyer is a machine that flies.

As verbs the difference between advert and flyer

is that advert is to turn attention while flyer is to distribute flyers (leaflets).

advert

English

(wikipedia advert)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British, informal) An advertisement, an ad.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=March 1, author=Phil McNulty, title=Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd
  • , work=BBC 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. }}
  • *{{quote-magazine, title=No hiding place
  • , date=2013-05-25, volume=407, issue=8837, page=74, magazine=(The Economist) 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)
  • 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:
  • 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.

    Synonyms

    * refer

    Derived terms

    * advertence * advertency * advertent * advertently * inadvertent * inadvertently

    flyer

    English

    Alternative forms

    * flier

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A machine that flies.
  • Someone who pilots or rides in an airplane.
  • A leaflet, often for advertising.
  • The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to, and winds it on the bobbin
  • (architecture) An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
  • (cheerleading) A cheerleader who is airborne for a stunt.
  • (firearms) a stray shot away from the group on a target.
  • A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
  • A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
  • A leap or jump.
  • A risky investment or other venture.
  • Synonyms

    * (pilot) aviator, aviatrix

    Derived terms

    * take a flyer

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To distribute flyers (leaflets).
  • To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients).
  • See also

    * advertisement * booklet * brochure * catalogue, catalog * circular * handbill * junk mail * leaflet * pamphlet

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