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Announcement vs Slander - What's the difference?

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Announcement is a related term of slander.


As nouns the difference between announcement and slander

is that announcement is an act of announcing, or giving notice while slander is a false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.

As a verb slander is

to utter a slanderous statement.

announcement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of announcing, or giving notice.
    • ''He raised his hand to make his announcement and said "Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make."
  • That which conveys what is announced.
    • This announcement was made during the first training session.
  • The content which is announced.
    • The announcement implied that somebody needed a spare Toshiba charger.

    Synonyms

    * proclamation * publication

    References

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    slander

    English

    (wikipedia slander)

    Alternative forms

    * slandre (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To utter a slanderous statement.

    • Synonyms

    * defame * libel (always in writing) * See also

    See also

    * defamation

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