different between bulletin vs disclosure

English

Etymology

From French bulletin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?l?t?n/, /?b?l?t?n/

Noun

bulletin (plural bulletins)

1. A short report, especially one released through official channels to be broadcast or publicized.
2. A short news report.
3. A short printed publication, especially one produced by an organization.

Derived terms

• bulletin board

Translations

Verb

bulletin (third-person singular simple present bulletins, present participle bulletining, simple past and past participle bulletined)

1. To announce something by means of such a report or publication.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French bullette + diminutive suffixes -in, or possibly a borrowing from Italian bollettino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /byl.t??/

Noun

bulletin m (plural bulletins)

1. bulletin
2. newsletter
3. report card, school report

Derived terms

• bulletin de vote
• bulletin scolaire
• système des bulletins électroniques

Further reading

• “bulletin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bulletin m (definite singular bulletinen, indefinite plural bulletiner, definite plural bulletinene)

1. alternative form of bulleteng

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bulletin m (definite singular bulletinen, indefinite plural bulletinar, definite plural bulletinane)

1. alternative form of bulleteng

English

Etymology

From disclose by analogy with closure. A purely English formation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?kl????(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d?s?klo???/

Noun

disclosure (countable and uncountable, plural disclosures)

1. The act of revealing something.
   • 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume III, Chapter 13:

     Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken; […]

2. That which is disclosed; a previously hidden fact or series of facts that is made known.
3. (law) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.

   get full disclosure

Synonyms

• revelation

Antonyms

• closure

Derived terms

• nondisclosure

Related terms

• disclose

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