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Proclaim vs. Proclamation — What's the Difference?

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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