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Publicity vs Propagation - What's the difference?

publicity | propagation |

As nouns the difference between publicity and propagation

is that publicity is advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something while propagation is the multiplication or natural increase in a population.

publicity

English

(wikipedia publicity)

Noun

(-)
  • Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something.
  • Public interest attracted in this way.
  • The condition of being the object of public attention.

    • Derived terms

    * publicity hound * publicity stunt

    Related terms

    * public * publicist * publicness

    propagation

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • the multiplication or natural increase in a population
  • the dissemination of something to a larger area or greater number
  • (physics) the act of propagating, especially the movement of a wave
  • (genetics) the elongation part of transcription
  • (religion) winning new converts
  • some degree of success in the spread of propaganda

    • Derived terms

    * backpropagation * micropropagation * propagation constant * propagation delay * propagation mode * propagation time