Announce vs. Proclaim — What's the Difference?

To make known publicly.

To announce officially and publicly; declare

To proclaim the presence or arrival of

To state emphatically or authoritatively; affirm

To provide an indication of beforehand; foretell

To indicate conspicuously; make plain

To serve as an announcer for

To announce or declare.

To declare one's candidacy

To make [something] the subject of an official proclamation bringing it within the scope of emergency powers

To serve as an announcer.

To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.

(transitive) To give public notice, especially for the first time; to make known.

To outlaw by public proclamation.

(transitive) To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.

Declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles;

(chiefly US):

State or announce;

(transitive) To act as announcer for (an event, usually sports).

Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of;

(intransitive) To act or work as an announcer.

Praise, glorify, or honor;

To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.

To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.

Make known; make an announcement;

Announce publicly or officially;

Give the names of;

Foreshadow or presage