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advertising vs publicity

publicity vs advertising

advertising and publicity both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
advertising Yes No No No
publicity Yes No No No
As nouns, publicity is a hypernym of advertising; that is, publicity is a word with a broader meaning than advertising:
  • advertising: a public promotion of some product or service
  • publicity: a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
Other hypernyms of advertising include packaging, promo, promotion, promotional material.
advertising (noun) publicity (noun)
the business of drawing public attention to goods and services the quality of being open to public view
a public promotion of some product or service a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
Difference between advertising and publicity

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