distribute vs publicise

distribute and publicise both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distribute	No	No	Yes	No
publicise	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, publicise is a hypernym of distribute; that is, publicise is a word with a broader meaning than distribute:

Other hypernyms of distribute include air, bare, publicize.

distribute (verb)	publicise (verb)
cause to become widely known	make public
to arrange in a systematic order	call attention to
distribute or disperse widely
cause to be distributed
administer or bestow, as in small portions
give to several people
release
be mathematically distributive
be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses
spread throughout a given area