WordCmp.com

publicise vs circulate

circulate vs publicise

publicise and circulate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
publicise No No Yes No
circulate No No Yes No
As verbs, circulate is a hyponym of publicise; that is, circulate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than publicise:
  • publicise: make public
  • circulate: cause to become widely known
publicise (verb) circulate (verb)
make public cause to become widely known
call attention to become widely known and passed on
move around freely from person to person or from place to place
move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
cause to be distributed
cause to move in a circuit or system
Difference between publicise and circulate

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.