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Published vs Publication - What's the difference?

published | publication |

As a verb published

is (publish).

As a noun publication is

the act of publishing printed or other matter.

published

English

Verb

(head)
  • (publish)
  • Anagrams

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    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 [Gérard] 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    * publishable * publisher * unpublished

    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.