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Advertise vs Flack - What's the difference?

advertise | flack |

As a verb advertise

is .

As a noun flack is

flake (esp of snow).

advertise

English

Alternative forms

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Verb

(advertis)
  • *, II.12:
    • Socrates being advertised , that the God of wisdome, had attributed the name of wise unto him, was thereat much astonished.
  • To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.
  • To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.
    • It pays to advertise .
    For personal needs, advertise on the internet or in a local newspaper.
  • To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.
    • Over the air, they advertise their product on drive-time radio talk shows and TV news shows.

    Synonyms

    * (tell about) notify, inform, apprise, (with urgency) alert * (give public notice) make known, announce, proclaim, promulgate, (uncommon use) publish * (advertise commercially) promote, publicise, sell

    Derived terms

    * advertisement * advertiser

    Anagrams

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    flack

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To flutter; palpitate.
  • To hang loosely; flag.
  • To beat by flapping.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a publicist, a publicity agent
  • *1998 , , Art Crime: The Montage Art of Winston Smith , page 25
  • *:Edward Bernay, who was a consultant to the US Delegation to the Versailles Peace Conference which terminated the first World War (and who finally wound up as a flack for the United Fruit Company in Latin America), believed that propaganda and its covert marketing could effectively alter the will of the American public.
  • *1999 , Patricia Cornwell, The Southern Cross, page 233
  • *:Thought you were flack ," she said.
  • *:"I'm not flack ."
  • *:"All right, P.R., a reporter, a novelist."

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to publicise, to promote
  • * 1997 , Don DeLillo, Underworld :
    • [..] he told funny stories about his early days in the theater district, flacking shows up and down the street, but Klara wasn’t listening.

    Etymology 3

    Variant of flak.

    Noun