Advertise vs. Promote

Advertiseverb

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

Promoteverb

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

‘He promoted his clerk to office manager.’;

Advertiseverb

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

Promoteverb

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

‘They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time.’; ‘They promoted the new film with giant billboards.’;

Advertiseverb

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

‘It pays to advertise.’; ‘For personal needs, advertise on the internet or in a local newspaper.’;

Promoteverb

(transitive) To encourage, urge or incite.

Advertiseverb

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

‘Over the air, they advertise their product on drive-time radio talk shows and TV news shows.’;

Promoteverb

To elevate to the above league.

‘At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League.’;

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.

‘I will advertise thee what this people shall do.’;

Promoteverb

To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.

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.

Promoteverb

To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.

‘Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen.’;

Advertiseverb

call attention to;

‘Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS’;

Promoteverb

To move on to a subsequent stage of education.

‘At the end of Primary 6 students can promote directly to the secondary section of SIS.’;

Advertiseverb

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

‘The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model’; ‘The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops’;

Promoteverb

To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture.

Advertiseverb

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

‘a billboard advertising beer’;

Promoteverb

To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer.

‘I will promote thee unto very great honor.’; ‘Exalt her, and she shall promote thee.’;

Advertiseverb

publicize information about (a vacancy)

‘for every job we advertise we get a hundred applicants’; ‘he advertised for dancers in the trade papers’;

Promoteverb

To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person.

Advertiseverb

make (a quality or fact) known

‘Meryl coughed briefly to advertise her presence’;

Promoteverb

contribute to the progress or growth of;

‘I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom’;

Advertiseverb

notify (someone) of something

‘some prisoners advertised the French of this terrible danger’;

Promoteverb

give a promotion to or assign to a higher position;

‘John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired’; ‘Women tend not to advance in the major law firms’; ‘I got promoted after many years of hard work’;

Promoteverb

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

‘The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model’; ‘The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops’;

Promoteverb

be changed for a superior chess or checker piece

Promoteverb

change a pawn for a king by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it the row closest to your opponent