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Ballyhoo vs Hype - What's the difference?

ballyhoo | hype |

As nouns the difference between ballyhoo and hype

is that ballyhoo is sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity or ballyhoo can be , an inshore, surface-dwelling species of needlefish forming sizeable schools or ballyhoo can be an unseaworthy or slovenly ship while hype is promotion or propaganda; especially, exaggerated claims.

As verbs the difference between ballyhoo and hype

is that ballyhoo is to sensationalise or make grand claims while hype is to promote heavily; to advertise or build up.

ballyhoo

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en noun)
  • Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity.
  • Noisy shouting or uproar.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sensationalise or make grand claims.
  • * 1933 — (7 May)
    • Industry has picked up, railroads are carrying more freight, farm prices are better, but I am not going to indulge in issuing proclamations of over-enthusiastic assurance. We cannot ballyhoo ourselves back to prosperity.

    Related terms

    * ballyhooed (pos a)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • , an inshore, surface-dwelling species of needlefish forming sizeable schools.

    • Etymology 3

    Possibly from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unseaworthy or slovenly ship.

    • References

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    hype

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Promotion or propaganda; especially, exaggerated claims.
    • After all the hype for the diet plan, only the results ended up slim.

    Verb

    (hyp)
  • To promote heavily; to advertise or build up.
    • They started hyping the new magazine months before its release.