The difference between Advertise and Publish

When used as verbs, advertise means to notify (someone) of something, whereas publish means to issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.

check bellow for the other definitions of Advertise and Publish

  1. Advertise as a verb (transitive, now, _, rare):

    To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something.

  2. Advertise as a verb (transitive):

    To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.

  3. Advertise as a verb (intransitive):

    To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.

    Examples:

    "It pays to advertise."

    "For personal needs, advertise on the internet or in a local newspaper."

  4. Advertise as a verb (transitive):

    To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.

    Examples:

    "Over the air, they advertise their product on drive-time radio talk shows and TV news shows."

  1. Publish as a verb (transitive):

    To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.

    Examples:

    "The ''Times'' published the investigative piece about the governor both in print and online."

    "Most of the sketches Faulkner published in 1925 appeared in the Sunday magazine section of the ''New Orleans Times-Picayune''."

    "The State combined public information strategies and published billboards, pamphlets, and newsletter articles under the campaign theme, Give 'Em the Boot."

  2. Publish as a verb (transitive):

    To announce to the public.

    Examples:

    "The Secretary of Health and Human Services published a press release on May 22, 2013."

    "The Bolshevik government published an announcement of the tsar's death"

    "No newspaper published the victim's name."

  3. Publish as a verb (transitive):

    To issue the work of (an author).

    Examples:

    "Grove Press published many avant-garde authors."

  4. Publish as a verb (Internet, transitive):

    To disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.

  5. Publish as a verb (intransitive):

    To issue a medium (e.g. publication).

    Examples:

    "Major city papers still publish daily."

  6. Publish as a verb (intransitive):

    To have one's work accepted for a publication.

    Examples:

    "She needs to publish in order to get tenure."

  7. Publish as a verb (intransitive, of content):

    To be made available in a printed publication or other medium.

    Examples:

    "The article first published online, then in print the next day."

  8. Publish as a verb (Internet, intransitive):

    To convert data of a Web page to HTML in a local directory and copy it to the Web site on a remote system.

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