publicity vs advertising

advertising vs publicity

publicity and advertising both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
publicity	Yes	No	No	No
advertising	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, advertising is a hyponym of publicity; that is, advertising is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than publicity:

publicity: a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
advertising: a public promotion of some product or service

Other hyponyms of publicity include buildup, PR, public relations, blurb, endorsement, indorsement, ballyhoo, hoopla, hype, plug, pitch, sales pitch, sales talk, ad, advert, advertisement, advertizement, advertizing, sales promotion.

publicity (noun)	advertising (noun)
the quality of being open to public view	the business of drawing public attention to goods and services
a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution	a public promotion of some product or service

Difference between publicity and advertising

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