Proclaim vs. Proclamation — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Proclaim and Proclamation
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Proclaim
To announce officially and publicly; declare
Proclaim a general amnesty for political prisoners.
Proclaim the suspect to be guilty.
Proclamation
A proclamation (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement) is an official declaration issued by a person of authority to make certain announcements known.
Proclaim
To state emphatically or authoritatively; affirm
Proclaim one's opposition to an idea.
Proclamation
A public or official announcement dealing with a matter of great importance
The issuing by the monarch of a proclamation dissolving Parliament
Proclaim
To indicate conspicuously; make plain
"A painted longbow jutting over his shoulder proclaimed his profession" (Arthur Conan Doyle).
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Proclamation
The act of proclaiming or the condition of being proclaimed.
Proclaim
To announce or declare.
Proclamation
Something proclaimed, especially an official public announcement.
Proclaim
To make [something] the subject of an official proclamation bringing it within the scope of emergency powers
Proclamation
A statement which is proclaimed; formal public announcement.
The Tuesday meetings are only thirty minutes now. That proclamation was made in the previous meeting.
Proclaim
To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.
To proclaim liberty to the captives.
For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
Throughout the host proclaimA solemn council forthwith to be held.
Proclamation
The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication.
King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted.
Proclaim
To outlaw by public proclamation.
I heard myself proclaimed.
Proclamation
That which is proclaimed, publicly announced, or officially declared; a published ordinance; as, the proclamation of a king; a Thanksgiving proclamation.
Proclaim
Declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles;
He was proclaimed King
Proclamation
A formal public statement;
The government made an announcement about changes in the drug war
A declaration of independence
Proclaim
State or announce;
`I am not a Communist,'
The King will proclaim an amnesty
Proclamation
The formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice;
His promulgation of the policy proved to be premature
Proclaim
Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of;
The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President
Proclaim
Praise, glorify, or honor;
Extol the virtues of one's children
Glorify one's spouse's cooking
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