The difference between Broadcast and Send
When used as nouns, broadcast means a transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver, whereas send means an operation in which data is transmitted.
When used as verbs, broadcast means to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means, whereas send means to make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.
Broadcast is also adverb with the meaning: widely in all directions.
Broadcast is also adjective with the meaning: cast or scattered widely in all directions.
check bellow for the other definitions of Broadcast and Send
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Broadcast as an adjective:
Cast or scattered widely in all directions.
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Broadcast as an adjective:
Communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means.
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Broadcast as an adjective:
Relating to transmissions of messages or signals through radio waves or electronic means.
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Broadcast as an adverb:
Widely in all directions.
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Broadcast as an adverb (agriculture, horticulture, archaic):
By having its seeds sown over a wide area.
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Broadcast as a noun:
A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.
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Broadcast as a noun:
A programme (bulletin, documentary, show, etc.) so transmitted.
Examples:
"ant narrowcast"
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Broadcast as a noun (agriculture, horticulture, archaic):
The act of scattering seed; a crop grown from such seed.
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Broadcast as a verb (transitive):
To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.
Examples:
"synonyms: air transmit"
"ant narrowcast"
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Broadcast as a verb (transitive):
To transmit a message over a wide area; specifically, to send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people.
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Broadcast as a verb (intransitive):
To appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme.
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Broadcast as a verb (transitive, agriculture, horticulture, archaic):
To sow seeds over a wide area.
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Send as a verb (transitive):
To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.
Examples:
"Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee."
"to send a message, or a letter"
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Send as a verb (slang, dated):
To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
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Send as a verb:
To bring to a certain condition.
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Send as a verb (intransitive):
To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
Examples:
"Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once."
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Send as a verb:
To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
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Send as a verb (nautical):
To pitch.
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Send as a noun (telecommunications):
An operation in which data is transmitted.
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Send as a noun (nautical):
Examples:
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