promote vs spot promote

promote and spot promote both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
promote	No	No	Yes	No
spot promote	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, spot promote is a hyponym of promote; that is, spot promote is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than promote:

Other hyponyms of promote include tenure, bring up, ennoble, entitle, gentle, favor, favour, prefer, brevet.

promote (verb)	spot promote (verb)
make publicity for; try to sell (a product)	promote on the spot
change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent
be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
contribute to the progress or growth of