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Displayed vs Broadcast - What's the difference?

displayed | broadcast |

As verbs the difference between displayed and broadcast

is that displayed is (display) while broadcast is to transmit a message or signal via radio waves or electronic means.

As adjectives the difference between displayed and broadcast

is that displayed is spread out; unfurled while broadcast is (senseid)cast or scattered widely, in all directions.

As a noun broadcast is

a transmission of a radio or television programme aired to be received by anyone with a receiver.

displayed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (display)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Spread out; unfurled.
  • * 1955 , William Golding, The Inheritors , Faber and Faber 2005, p. 11:
  • They threw him round the displayed roots of the beeches, leapt when a puddle of water lay across the trail.
  • Spread open to view; shown off.
  • (heraldry) With wings unfurled.
  • (typography) Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye.
  • broadcast

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (senseid)cast or scattered widely, in all directions
  • transmitted, signalled, or communicated via radio waves or electronic means
  • relating to transmissions of messages or signals via radio waves or electronic means
  • * '>citation
  • Synonyms

    * widespread

    Antonyms

    * narrowcast

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A transmission of a radio or television programme aired to be received by anyone with a receiver.
  • * '>citation
  • A programme (show, bulletin, documentary, and so on) so transmitted.
  • (dated) The act of scattering seed.
  • Antonyms

    * narrowcast

    Verb

  • To transmit a message or signal via radio waves or electronic means
  • * '>citation
  • To transmit a message over a wide area
  • To appear as speaker, presenter or performer in a broadcast program
  • (archaic) To sow seeds over a wide area
  • * '>citation
  • To send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people
  • (broadcast)
  • Synonyms

    * air

    Antonyms

    * narrowcast