different between popularize vs promote

English

Alternative forms

• popularise (chiefly British)

Etymology

popular +? -ize

Verb

popularize (third-person singular simple present popularizes, present participle popularizing, simple past and past participle popularized)

1. To make popular.
   • 2018, June 20, Arab News, DiplomaticQuarter: Indian Embassy to celebrate 4th International Yoga Day

     Saudi yoga trainer Dr. Nouf Marwaai has also been honored with one of India’s highest civilian awards, the Padma Shri, for popularizing yoga.

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

popularize

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of popularizar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of popularizar
3. first-person singular imperative of popularizar
4. third-person singular imperative of popularizar

English

Etymology

From Latin pr?m?tus, perfect passive participle of pr?move? (“move forward, advance”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???mo?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???m??t/
• Rhymes: -??t
• Hyphenation: pro?mote

Verb

promote (third-person singular simple present promotes, present participle promoting, simple past and past participle promoted)

2. (transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.

3. (transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.

4. (transitive) To encourage, urge or incite.
5. (sports, usually in passive form) To elevate to a higher league.

6. (transitive, chemistry) To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
7. (transitive, chess) To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.

8. (intransitive, Singapore) To move on to a subsequent stage of education.

Antonyms

• (raise rank): demote, relegate
• (advocate or urge on behalf of): denigrate, oppose

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• protome, temporo-, topomer

Latin

Participle

pr?m?te

1. vocative masculine singular of pr?m?tus