Advertising vs. Advertisement

Advertisingnoun

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

Advertisementnoun

(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.

‘Companies try to sell their products using advertisements in form of placards, television spots and print publications.’;

Advertisingnoun

The industry or profession made up of such communications.

Advertisementnoun

A public notice.

‘The city council placed an advertisement in the local newspaper to inform its residents of the forthcoming roadworks.’;

Advertisingnoun

a communication publicly promoting some product or service.

Advertisementnoun

A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.

‘The people gave a good advertisement for Wiktionary.’;

Advertisingnoun

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

Advertisementnoun

The act of informing or notifying; notification.

‘An advertisement of danger.’;

Advertisingnoun

a public promotion of some product or service

Advertisementnoun

Admonition; advice; warning.

‘Therefore give me no counsel:My griefs cry louder than advertisement.’;

Advertisingnoun

the business of drawing public attention to goods and services

Advertisementnoun

A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisements.

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.

Advertisementnoun

a public promotion of some product or service

Advertisementnoun

a notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy

‘advertisements for alcoholic drinks’;

Advertisementnoun

a person or thing regarded as a means of recommending something

‘unhappy clients are not a good advertisement for the firm’;