different between publish vs impart

English

Etymology

From Middle English publicen (by analogy with banish, finish), from Old French publier, from Latin publicare (“to make public, show or tell to the people, make known, declare, also (and earlier) confiscate for public use”), from publicus (“pertaining to the people, public”); see public.

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?b'l?sh, IPA^(key): /?p?bl??/

Verb

publish (third-person singular simple present publishes, present participle publishing, simple past and past participle published)

1. (transitive) To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.
2. (transitive) To announce to the public.

3. (transitive) To issue the work of (an author).

4. (Internet, transitive) To disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
5. (intransitive) To issue a medium (e.g. publication).

6. (intransitive) To have one's work accepted for a publication.

7. (intransitive, of content) To be made available in a printed publication or other medium.

8. (Internet, intransitive) To convert data of a Web page to HTML in a local directory and copy it to the Web site on a remote system.
9. (programming) To make (information such as an event) available to components that wish to be notified (subscribers).

Synonyms

• (to announce to the public): disclose, make known; See also Thesaurus:announce
• (to disseminate publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.): post

Derived terms

• publishable
• publisher
• unpublished

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• publish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• publish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• publish at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• bushlip

English

Etymology

From Middle English imparten, borrowed from Middle French impartir, empartir, from Late Latin imparti?, imperti?, from im- (“in”) + Latin parti? (“divide”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?p??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?p???t/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t

Verb

impart (third-person singular simple present imparts, present participle imparting, simple past and past participle imparted)

1. (transitive) To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).

2. (transitive) To give a part or to share.

   Synonyms: bequeath, bestow, give; see also Thesaurus:give

   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VIII, line 440

     Expressing well the spirit within thee [Adam] free, / My [God's] image, not imparted to the brute.
3. (transitive) To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).

   Synonyms: disclose, tell; see also Thesaurus:announce, Thesaurus:inform

   • 1662, John Dryden, letter to Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

     Well may he then to you his cares impart.
4. (intransitive) To hold a conference or consultation.
5. (transitive) To obtain a share of; to partake of.
   • c. 1587 Anthony Munday, John a Kent and John a Cumber

     Sweet Cossen, what we may not now impart, heere let vs bury it, closely in our hart

Translations

References

• impart at OneLook Dictionary Search
• impart in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Primat, arm pit, armpit