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Advertisement vs Rally - What's the difference?

advertisement | rally |

As nouns the difference between advertisement and rally

is that advertisement is (marketing) a commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar while rally is a demonstration; an event where people gather together to protest for or against a given cause or rally can be good-humoured raillery.

As a verb rally is

to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite or rally can be to tease; to chaff good-humouredly.

advertisement

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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

    rally

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) ralier ((etyl) rallier), from (etyl) prefix .

    Noun

    (rallies)
  • A demonstration; an event where people gather together to protest for or against a given cause
  • (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving]] and [[score, scoring a point.
  • (motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.
  • (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.
  • Hyponyms
    * (increase in value) (l)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
  • To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.
  • * Dryden
  • The Grecians rally , and their powers unite.
  • * Tillotson
  • Innumerable parts of matter chanced just then to rally together, and to form themselves into this new world.
  • To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
  • (business, trading) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.
  • Synonyms
    * (l) * (increase in value) (l), (l)
    Antonyms
    * (increase in value) (l)
    Derived terms
    * rallying point

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) railler. See .

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
  • * Addison
  • Honeycomb raillies me upon a country life.
  • * Gay
  • Strephon had long confessed his amorous pain / Which gay Corinna rallied with disdain.

    Noun

    (-)
  • Good-humoured raillery.
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