different between advertize vs advertise

English

Etymology

See advertise, -ize.

Pronunciation

Verb

advertize (third-person singular simple present advertizes, present participle advertizing, simple past and past participle advertized)

1. (archaic, proscribed) Alternative spelling of advertise

Usage notes

The z spelling is an archaic form in British English. It appears occasionally in modern American English but is sometimes deprecated because its etymology is not from Greek.

English

Alternative forms

• advertize (chiefly archaic (US))

Etymology

From (the stem of) Anglo-Norman avertir (“to inform”), advertir, Middle French advertir, avertir (“to warn, give notice to”), with the ending assimilated to -ise, -ize and probably influenced by the noun advertisement. Compare also advert.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?adv?(?)ta?z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ædv?ta?z/

Verb

advertise (third-person singular simple present advertises, present participle advertising, simple past and past participle advertised)

1. (transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly. [from 15th c.]
2. (intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others. [from 18th c.]

   It pays to advertise.

   For personal needs, advertise on the internet or in a local newspaper.

3. (transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales. [from 19th c.]

   Over the air, they advertise their product on drive-time radio talk shows and TV news shows.

4. (transitive, now rare) To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something. [from 15th c.]
5. (card games) In gin rummy, to discard 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

• (tell about): notify, inform, apprise, (with urgency) alert
• (give public notice): make known, announce, proclaim, promulgate, (uncommon use) publish
• (advertise commercially): promote, publicise, sell

Derived terms

• advertisement
• advertiser

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