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Publication vs Dissemination - What's the difference?

publication | dissemination |

As nouns the difference between publication and dissemination

is that publication is the act of publishing printed or other matter while dissemination is dissemination, scattering, strewing.

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.

    dissemination

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.

    • Derived terms

    * disseminate