The difference between Make known and Publish
When used as verbs, make known means to announce (some information) generally, whereas publish means to issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.
check bellow for the other definitions of Make known and Publish
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Make known as a verb (transitive):
To announce (some information) generally.
Examples:
"The decision was made known when it appeared on the evening news."
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Make known as a verb (transitive):
To disclose (a secret).
Examples:
"I wouldn't make this known to anyone else, if I were you."
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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."
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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."
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Publish as a verb (transitive):
To issue the work of (an author).
Examples:
"Grove Press published many avant-garde authors."
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Publish as a verb (Internet, transitive):
To disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
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Publish as a verb (intransitive):
To issue a medium (e.g. publication).
Examples:
"Major city papers still publish daily."
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Publish as a verb (intransitive):
To have one's work accepted for a publication.
Examples:
"She needs to publish in order to get tenure."
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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."
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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.