Proclamation vs. Declaration — What's the Difference?

A proclamation (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement) is an official declaration issued by a person of authority to make certain announcements known.

A formal or explicit statement or announcement

A public or official announcement dealing with a matter of great importance

An act of declaring an innings closed.

The act of proclaiming or the condition of being proclaimed.

An explicit, formal announcement, either oral or written.

Something proclaimed, especially an official public announcement.

The act or process of declaring.

A statement which is proclaimed; formal public announcement.

A statement of taxable goods or of properties subject to duty.

The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication.

A formal statement initiating a lawsuit by specifying the facts and legal grounds for the relief sought; a complaint or petition.

That which is proclaimed, publicly announced, or officially declared; a published ordinance; as, the proclamation of a king; a Thanksgiving proclamation.

An unsworn statement of facts that is admissible as evidence.

A formal public statement;

A bid, especially the final bid of a hand in certain card games.

The formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice;

A meld.

A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, intention, belief, etc.

A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.

The act or process of declaring.

(cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.

(legal) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.

(computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.

That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.

The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington).

A statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)

(law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction;

A statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties

(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

A formal public statement;

A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote