Advertise vs. Tout

Advertiseverb

To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something.

Advertiseverb

(transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.

Advertiseverb

(intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.

Advertiseverb

(transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.

Advertiseverb

To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; - often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss.

Advertiseverb

To give public notice of; to announce publicly, esp. by a printed notice; as, to advertise goods for sale, a lost article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting.

Advertiseverb

call attention to;

Advertiseverb

make publicity for; try to sell (a product);

Advertiseverb

describe or draw attention to (a product, service, or event) in a public medium in order to promote sales or attendance

Advertiseverb

publicize information about (a vacancy)

Advertiseverb

make (a quality or fact) known

Advertiseverb

notify (someone) of something

Toutnoun

Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.

Toutnoun

A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.

Toutnoun

A spy for a smuggler, thief, or similar.

Toutnoun

(colloquial) An informer in the Irish Republican Army.

Toutnoun

(card games) In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.

Toutverb

(transitive) To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.

Toutverb

(obsolete) To look upon or watch.

Toutverb

To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).

Toutverb

To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.

Toutverb

To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.

Toutverb

To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse.

Toutverb

(intransitive) To look for, try to obtain; used with for.

Toutverb

To act as a tout. See 2d Tout.

Toutverb

To ply or seek for customers.

Toutverb

To look narrowly; spy.

Toutverb

To spy out the movements of race horses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.

Toutverb

To toot a horn.

Toutverb

To spy out information about, as a racing stable or horse.

Toutnoun

One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting.

Toutnoun

One who gives a tip on a race horses for an expected compensation, esp. in hopes of a share in any winnings; - usually contemptuous.

Toutnoun

One who solicits custom, as a runner for a hotel, cab, gambling place.

Toutnoun

A spy for a smuggler, thief, or the like.

Toutnoun

In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.

Toutnoun

The anus.

Toutnoun

someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit

Toutnoun

someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way

Toutnoun

one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)

Toutverb

advertize in strongly positive terms;

Toutverb

show off

Tout

A tout is any person who solicits business or employment in a persistent and annoying manner (generally equivalent to a solicitor or barker in American English, or a spruiker in Australian English). An example would be a person who frequents heavily touristed areas and presents himself as a tour guide (particularly towards those who do not speak the local language) but operates on behalf of local bars, restaurant, or hotels, being paid to direct tourists towards certain establishments.