Advertising vs. Publicity

Advertisingnoun

Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.

Advertisingnoun

The industry or profession made up of such communications.

Advertisingnoun

a communication publicly promoting some product or service.

Advertisingnoun

the business of advertising; the activity engaged in by professional publicists for pay.

Advertisingnoun

a public promotion of some product or service

Advertisingnoun

the business of drawing public attention to goods and services

Advertising

Advertising is a marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored, non-personal message to promote or sell a product, service or idea. Sponsors of advertising are typically businesses wishing to promote their products or services.

Publicitynoun

Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something.

Publicitynoun

Public interest attracted in this way.

Publicitynoun

The condition of being the object of public attention.

Publicitynoun

The quality or state of being public, or open to the knowledge of a community; notoriety; publicness.

Publicitynoun

a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution

Publicity

In marketing, publicity is the public visibility or awareness for any product, service or organization (company, charity, etc.). It may also refer to the movement of information from its source to the general public, often (but not always) via the media.