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Endorses vs Promotes - What's the difference?

endorses | promotes |

As verbs the difference between endorses and promotes

is that endorses is (endorse) while promotes is (promote).

As a noun endorses

is .

endorses

English

Verb

(head)
  • (endorse)
  • Noun

    (head)

  • endorse

    English

    (Endorsement)

    Alternative forms

    * indorse

    Verb

  • To support, to back, to give one's approval to, especially officially or by signature.
  • To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.
  • To give an endorsement.
  • Derived terms

    * disendorse * endorsement

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (heraldiccharge) A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.
  • Usage notes

    When a narrow, vertical stripe appears in a coat of arms, it is usually termed a (pallet) when used as the primary charge in the absence of a pale''. The term ''endorse'' is typically used only when the stripes flank a central and wider ''pale''. Diminutive stripes flanking other ''ordinaries are termed (term).

    promotes

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (promote)
  • Anagrams

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    promote

    English

    Verb

    (promot)
  • To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
  • He promoted his clerk to office manager.
    Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen.
  • To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
  • They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time.
    They promoted the new film with giant billboards.
  • To encourage, urge or incite
  • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=5 , so that finding myself on the point of going, and loath to leave the tender partner of my joys behind me, I employed all the forwarding motions and arts my experience suggested to me, to promote his keeping me company to our journey's end}}
  • To elevate to the above league.
  • At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League.
  • (label) To increase the activity of a catalyst by changing its surface structure
  • (label) To exchange a pawn for a queen or other piece when it reaches the 8th rank
  • Antonyms

    * (raise rank) demote * (advocate or urge on behalf of) denigrate, oppose

    Anagrams

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