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Publicise vs Publish - What's the difference?

publicise | publish |

In transitive terms the difference between publicise and publish

is that publicise is to advertise, create publicity for while publish is : To announce to the public.

publicise

English

Alternative forms

*publicize

Verb

(publicis) (British)
  • To make widely known to the public.
  • The scandal was so publicised that he lost the next election.
  • To advertise, create publicity for.
  • They're already publicising next month's concert.

    publish

    Verb

    (es)
  • (intransitive): To issue a medium (e.g. publication).
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-16, author= David Larousserie
  • , volume=189, issue=10, page=35, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Super-lasers blaze knowledge frontier , passage=In an article published in 2008 [GĂ©rard] Mourou proposed an alternative means of achieving atomic fusion. He now believes that fibre lasers could be used to transmute elements, as a way of disposing of highly radioactive waste from nuclear power stations.}}
  • (transitive): To issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution.
  • (transitive): To announce to the public.
  • (Internet) To convert data of a Web page to HTML in a local directory and copy it to the Web site on a remote system.
  • (intransitive): To write in a publication (usually as an academic).
  • Derived terms

    * publishable * publisher * unpublished