different between advertising vs advertisement

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ædv??ta?z??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ædv??ta?z??/
• Hyphenation: ad?ver?tis?ing

Noun

advertising (usually uncountable, plural advertisings)

1. Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.
   • 1899, Walter Besant, The Pen and the Book

     Advertisings do not by themselves cause a book to 'go'. The circulating libraries are far more useful than any advertising columns.
2. The industry or profession made up of such communications.

Derived terms

• advertising agency
• dark advertising
• online advertising
• two-price advertising

Related terms

• advertisement

Translations

Verb

advertising

1. present participle of advertise

Further reading

• advertising on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• gainstrived

English

Alternative forms

• advertizement

Etymology

From Middle French advertissement (“statement calling attention”), compare French avertissement (“warning”). See advertise. Equivalent to advertise +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?v??t?sm?nt/, occasionally /?ædv?ta?zm?nt/
• (General American) /?ædv??ta?zm?nt/, less often IPA^(key): /?d?v?t?zm?nt/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?ædv??t??zm?nt/, /?d?v??t?sm?nt/
• Hyphenation: ad?ver?tise?ment

Noun

advertisement (countable and uncountable, plural advertisements)

1. (marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.

2. A public notice.

3. A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.

4. (obsolete) Notoriety.
5. (card games) In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
   • 1947, On Gin Rummy: An All-American Roundup (page 121)

     The safest time to answer a possible advertisement is when you have no indication as to what suit your opponent wants. Then even if he has advertised, the odds are that your answer is not the card he is looking for.

Synonyms

• (commercial solicitation): ad, advert
• (public notice):

Hyponyms

• commercial
• infomercial

Derived terms

Related terms

• advertising
• adware

Translations