Announce vs. Publish — What's the Difference?

To make known publicly.

To prepare and issue (a book, music, or other material) for public distribution, especially for sale.

To proclaim the presence or arrival of

To prepare and issue a work or works by (an author).

To provide an indication of beforehand; foretell

To bring to the public attention; announce.

To serve as an announcer for

To issue a publication.

To declare one's candidacy

To be the writer of works that are published.

To serve as an announcer.

(transitive) To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.

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

(transitive) To announce to the public.

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

(transitive) To issue the work of (an author).

(chiefly US):

To disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.

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

(intransitive) To issue a medium (e.g. publication).

(intransitive) To act or work as an announcer.

(intransitive) To have one's work accepted for a publication.

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

To be made available in a printed publication or other medium.

To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.

(programming) To make (information such as an event) available to components that wish to be notified (subscribers).

Make known; make an announcement;

To make public; to make known to mankind, or to people in general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or an edict.

Announce publicly or officially;

To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as, to publish banns of marriage.

Give the names of;

To send forth, as a book, newspaper, musical piece, or other printed work, either for sale or for general distribution; to print, and issue from the press.

Foreshadow or presage

To utter, or put into circulation; as, to publish counterfeit paper.

Put into print;

Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale;

Have (one's written work) issued for publication;