Publication vs. Title — What's the Difference?

To publish is to make content available to the general public. While specific use of the term may vary among countries, it is usually applied to text, images, or other audio-visual content, including paper (newspapers, magazines, catalogs, etc.).

A title is one or more words used before or after a person's name, in certain contexts. It may signify either generation, an official position, or a professional or academic qualification.

The act or process of publishing matter in print or electronic form.

The name of a book, composition, or other artistic work

An issue of printed or electronic matter, such as a book or magazine, offered for distribution or sale.

A name that describes someone's position or job

Communication of information to the public

The position of being the champion of a major sports competition

The act of publishing printed or other matter.

A right or claim to the ownership of property or to a rank or throne

An issue of printed or other matter, offered for sale or distribution.

(in church use) a fixed sphere of work and source of income as a condition for ordination.

The communication of information to the general public etc.

Give a name to (a book, composition, or other work)

The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts.

An identifying name given to a book, play, film, musical composition, or other work.

The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution.

A general or descriptive heading, as of a book chapter.

That which is published or made known; especially, any book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public notice; as, a daily or monthly publication.

A written work that is published or about to be published

An act done in public.

A division of a legal code, generally consisting of multiple related statutes.

A copy of a printed work offered for distribution

Often titles Written material to be read by viewers that is included in a film or television show, typically presenting credits, narration, or dialogue.

The act of issuing printed materials

A written piece of translated dialogue superimposed at the bottom of the frame during a film; a subtitle.

The business of publishing

A formal appellation attached to the name of a person as a sign of office, rank, profession, or hereditary privilege.

A descriptive name; an epithet

A right or claim, or the basis of a right or claim

A form of ownership free of valid claims by other parties.

The aggregate evidence that gives rise to a legal right of possession or control.

The instrument, such as a deed, that constitutes this evidence.

Sports & Games A championship

A source of income or area of work required of a candidate for ordination in the Church of England.

A Roman Catholic church in or near Rome having a cardinal for its nominal head.

To give a name or title to.

An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification. See also :Category:Titles

(property law) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.

In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.

A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.

The name of a book, film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.

A publication.

A section or division of a subject, as of a law or a book.

A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.

(bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.

The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.

A division of an act of law

(sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.

A long title.

A short title.

(transitive) To assign a title to; to entitle.

An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

The inscription in the beginning of a book, usually containing the subject of the work, the author's and publisher's names, the date, etc.

The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.

A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book.

An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preëminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc.

A name; an appellation; a designation.

That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title.

A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.

To call by a title; to name; to entitle.

A heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with;

The name of a work of art or literary composition etc.;

A general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work;

The status of being a champion;

A legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it;

An identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. Mr. or General;

An established or recognized right;

(usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action;

An appellation signifying nobility;

An informal right to something;

Give a title to

Designate by an identifying term;