different between announcement vs rumour

For Wiktionary's announcements, see Wiktionary:Announcements

English

Etymology

announce +? -ment

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??na?ns.m?nt/

Noun

announcement (plural announcements)

1. An act of announcing, or giving notice.

   He raised his hand to make his announcement and said "Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make.

2. That which conveys what is announced.

   This announcement was made during the first training session.

3. The content which is announced.

   The announcement implied that somebody needed a spare Toshiba charger.

Synonyms

• proclamation
• publication

Translations

References

• announcement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “announcement” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

English

Etymology

From Old French rumeur, from Latin r?mor (“common talk”).

Pronunciation

• * (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??u?m?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??u?m?/

Noun

rumour (countable and uncountable, plural rumours)

1. Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland spelling of rumor
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 26:

     Dame Rumour outstrides me yet again.

2. (obsolete) A prolonged, indistinct noise.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, JC II. iv. 18:

     Prithee, listen well; / I heard a bustling rumour like a fray, / And the wind brings it from the Capitol.

Verb

rumour (third-person singular simple present rumours, present participle rumouring, simple past and past participle rumoured)

1. Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of rumor.