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Advertisement vs Documentary - What's the difference?

advertisement | documentary |

As nouns the difference between advertisement and documentary

is that advertisement is a commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar while documentary is a film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.

As an adjective documentary is

of, related to, or based on documents.

advertisement

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(wikipedia advertisement) (en noun)
  • (marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
  • Companies try to sell their products using advertisements in form of placards, television spots and print publications.
  • A public notice.
  • The city council placed an advertisement in the local newspaper to inform its residents of the forthcoming roadworks.
  • A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
  • The people gave a good advertisement for Wiktionary.

    Synonyms

    * (commercial solicitation) ad, advert * (public notice)

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from advertisement) * ad * advert * advertorial * classified advertisement * pop-up advertisement

    Hyponyms

    * commercial * infomercial

    documentary

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of, related to, or based on documents.
  • which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject.
  • presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.
  • Noun

    (wikipedia documentary) (documentaries)
  • A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.
  • Antonyms

    * fiction

    Derived terms

    * fuckumentary * mockumentary * schlockumentary * shockumentary * stalkumentary

    Anagrams

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