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Pieanne Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Publicity/advertisement

Hi all!
Can someone tell me the difference between "publicity" and "advertisement"?
Thanks in advance...
  

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An advertisement is something you pay for to promote a business/service and so on. It could be in a magazine, newspaper, on the radio or TV or the internet etc. Publicity is any activity that promotes something into the public eye (even a small segment of the public, for example a small article in a newsletter.

— Nona the brit

  • An advertisement is something you pay for to promote a business/service and so on.
  • It could be in a magazine, newspaper, on the radio or TV or the internet etc.
  • Publicity is any activity that promotes something into the public eye (even a small segment of the public, for example a small article in a newsletter.
  • It can be good publicity, for the subject's benefit, or it could be bad publicity, that damages the subject.
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An advertisement is something you pay for to promote a business/service and so on. It could be in a magazine, newspaper, on the radio or TV or the internet etc.

Publicity is any activity that promotes something into the public eye (even a small segment of the public, for example a small article in a newsletter. It can be good publicity, for the subject's benefit, or it could be bad pu
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