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Specification vs Advertisement - What's the difference?

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Specification is a related term of advertisement.


As nouns the difference between specification and advertisement

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

specification

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.

    • Related terms

    * species * specific * specify

    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

    Related terms

    * advertising * adware