Trending vs Viral - What's the difference?
trending | viral |
(virology) Of or relating to a biological virus.
(virology) Caused by a virus.
(computing) Of the nature of an informatic virus; able to spread copies of itself to other computers.
(advertising, and, marketing) Spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest.
(marketing) A video, image or text spread by "word of mouth" on the internet or by e-mail for humorous, political or marketing purposes.
* 2002, Nik Lever, Flash Mx Games: ActionScript for Artists , Focal Press, page 411,
* 2003, Dave Chaffey, Total E-Mail Marketing , Elsevier, page 2,
* 2005, Russell Evans, Practical DV Filmmaking , Focal Press, page 289,
As nouns the difference between trending and viral
is that trending is a trend, or inclination in a particular direction while viral is a video, image or text spread by "word of mouth" on the internet or by e-mail for humorous, political or marketing purposes.As a verb trending
is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective viral is
of or relating to a biological virus.viral
English
Adjective
(-)- viral DNA
- viral infection
Derived terms
* go viral * viral marketingNoun
(en noun)- Using the Flash ActiveX control in this way allows you as a developer to create desktop characters, email virals and screensavers.
- [M]ost virals are not seen as profiling and data collection exercises, since that would kill the impulse of forwarding to a friend.
- Music company virals are becoming commonplace as costs of promos force labels to reconsider how to target more directly to consumers.