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Advertisement vs Media - What's the difference?

advertisement | media |

As a noun advertisement

is (marketing) a commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.

As a verb media is

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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

    Related terms

    * advertising * adware

    media

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (mediae)
  • (anatomy) The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
  • (linguistics, dated) A voiced stop consonant.
  • (entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus
    • Usage notes
    Not to be confused with medium.
    Derived terms
    * tunica media * medial
    Synonyms
    *(vein of insect wing) M
    Antonyms
    * (voiced stop) (l)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
  • Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
    • As a result of the rise of, first, television news and entertainment media''' and, second, web-based '''media''', traditional print-based ' media has declined in popularity.
  • The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
    • Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions.
    Derived terms
    * media darling * media event (pos n) * mediagenic * mediascape (pos n) * multimedia * mass media * mainstream media * media circus * media whore

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