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Signage vs Advertisement - What's the difference?

signage | advertisement |

As nouns the difference between signage and advertisement

is that signage is signs taken collectively while advertisement is (marketing) a commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.

signage

English

Noun

(wikipedia signage) (en-noun)
  • Signs taken collectively.
  • The signage in the airport is designed to point the way clearly to important locations.
    The poor signage at Heathrow is only in English.
  • * 2003 , Martin Waller, " Jarvis chief aims to lift siege of Paris," The Times , London, 3 Jan,
  • If you try to push more and more traffic on to limited numbers of roads you require more signage , more safety measures, bus lanes, cycle lanes and so on.

    Usage notes

    * The use of countable "a signage''" and "''signages " is chiefly in India.

    References

    * * * * * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

    Anagrams

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    advertisement

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (wikipedia advertisement) (en noun)
  • (marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
  • Companies try to sell their products using advertisements in form of placards, television spots and print publications.
  • A public notice.
  • The city council placed an advertisement in the local newspaper to inform its residents of the forthcoming roadworks.
  • A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
  • The people gave a good advertisement for Wiktionary.

    Synonyms

    * (commercial solicitation) ad, advert * (public notice)

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from advertisement) * ad * advert * advertorial * classified advertisement * pop-up advertisement

    Hyponyms

    * commercial * infomercial