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Announced vs Advertised - What's the difference?

announced | advertised |

As verbs the difference between announced and advertised

is that announced is (announce) while advertised is (advertise).

announced

English

Verb

(head)
  • (announce)

  • announce

    English

    Verb

    (announc)
  • (label) To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
  • * (convert into real quote) (1724-1804)
  • Her [Queen Elizabeth’s] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
  • , chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.}}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Obama goes troll-hunting , passage=The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}
  • (label) To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
  • * (Matthew Prior) (1664-1721)
  • Publish laws, announce / Or life or death.

    Synonyms

    * proclaim, publish, make known, herald, declare, promulgate

    Derived terms

    *

    advertised

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (advertise)

  • advertise

    English

    Alternative forms

    *

    Verb

    (advertis)
  • *, II.12:
  • Socrates being advertised , that the God of wisdome, had attributed the name of wise unto him, was thereat much astonished.
  • To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.
  • To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.
  • It pays to advertise .
    For personal needs, advertise on the internet or in a local newspaper.
  • To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.
  • Over the air, they advertise their product on drive-time radio talk shows and TV news shows.

    Synonyms

    * (tell about) notify, inform, apprise, (with urgency) alert * (give public notice) make known, announce, proclaim, promulgate, (uncommon use) publish * (advertise commercially) promote, publicise, sell

    Derived terms

    * advertisement * advertiser

    Anagrams

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