Campaign vs. Rally — What's the Difference?

A series of military operations undertaken to achieve a large-scale objective during a war

A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.

An operation or series of operations energetically pursued to accomplish a purpose

To call together for a common purpose; assemble

To engage in an operation planned to achieve a certain goal

To reassemble and restore to order

A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.

To rouse or revive from inactivity or decline

The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.

To come together for a common purpose

(obsolete) An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills; a champaign.

To join in an effort for a common cause

(obsolete) An excursion into the countryside.

To recover abruptly from a setback, disadvantage, or disease

(intransitive) To take part in a campaign.

To increase sharply in price or value after a decline

(transitive) Consistently ride in races for a racing season.

(Sports) To exchange strokes before a point is won, as in tennis.

An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign.

To tease good-humoredly

A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field.

To engage in good-humored teasing or jesting.

Political operations preceding an election, by candidates, their assistants, and supporters, for the purpose of convincing voters to vote for the candidate. It usually consists of one or more methods of contacting voters including advertising, distribution or mailing of printed leaflets or letters; speeches, interviews with news media, and door-to-door visits with potential voters.

A gathering, especially one intended to inspire enthusiasm for a cause

Any coordinated effort to contact potential supporters or customers and solicit their support or patronage; as, an advertising campaign.

A reassembling, as of dispersed troops.

The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.

The signal ordering this reassembly.

To serve in a campaign.

An abrupt recovery from a setback, disadvantage, or disease

A race between candidates for elective office;

A sharp increase in price or value after a decline.

A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;

An exchange of strokes in a court game such as tennis or volleyball, ending when one side fails to make a good return and resulting in a point or the loss of service.

Several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)

A competition in which automobiles are driven over public roads and under normal traffic regulations but with specified rules as to speed, time, and route.

An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)

In sports such as volleyball, being a system of scoring in which points can be won both by the team that is serving and by the receiving team.

Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position;

A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.

Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for;

A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.

Go on a campaign; go off to war

(motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.

A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)

Good-humoured raillery.

To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.

To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.

To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.

To recover strength after a decline in prices.

(transitive) To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.

To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.

To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.

To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.

To recover strength after a decline in prices; - said of the market, stocks, etc.

To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire.

To use pleasantry, or satirical merriment.

The act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of that word).

A political mass meeting.

Good-humored raillery.

A large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm

The feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort;

A marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness

An automobile race run over public roads

(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes;

Gather;

Call to arms; of military personnel

Gather or bring together;

Return to a former condition;

Harass with persistent criticism or carping;