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Circulation vs Publication - What's the difference?

circulation | publication |

As nouns the difference between circulation and publication

is that circulation is (senseid)the act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began while publication is the act of publishing printed or other matter.

circulation

English

Noun

  • (senseid)The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
  • The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
  • Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.
  • The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper.
  • (senseid)The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent. Also the movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.

    • publication

    English

    Noun

  • The act of publishing printed or other matter
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • The publication of these papers was not owing to our folly, but that of others.
  • An issue of printed or other matter, offered for sale or distribution
  • The communication of information to the general public etc.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • His jealousy attends the business, the recreations, the publications , and retirements of every man.