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> Per dictionary.com, the first definition of "advertisement" is Not at all a compelling argument. Per the Oxford dictionary (https://www.lexico.com/definitio

> Per dictionary.com, the first definition of "advertisement" is Not at all a compelling argument. Per the Oxford dictionary (https://www.lexico.com/definition/advertisement https://www.lexico.com/definition/advertisement), the first definition of "advertisement" is "a notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy." Per Mirriam-Webster (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/advertisement https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/advertisement), the first definition of "advertisement" is "a public notice". Per Collins (https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/advertisement https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/adverti...), the first definition of "advertisement" is "an announcement online, or in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about something such as a product, event, or job." Per Cambridge (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/advertisement https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/advertis...), the first definition of "advertisement" is "a picture, short film, song, etc. that tries to persuade people to buy a product or service, or a piece of text that tells people about a job, etc."

verdverm 5y ago
I don't think any dictionary is going to capture the nuances of marketing vs advertising. Consider ads vs posts on social media
- clouddrover 5y ago
  There is no nuance and there is no distinction. It's all advertising. All that's happened here is that they've been advertised at and they have swallowed the advertising hook, line, and sinker. And because they'd prefer to think of themselves as sophisticated rather than gullible, they then make these dishonest semantic arguments in order to find some desperate difference between marketing and advertising that their ego can live with.

verdverm 5y ago

I don't think any dictionary is going to capture the nuances of marketing vs advertising. Consider ads vs posts on social media

clouddrover 5y ago
There is no nuance and there is no distinction. It's all advertising. All that's happened here is that they've been advertised at and they have swallowed the advertising hook, line, and sinker. And because they'd prefer to think of themselves as sophisticated rather than gullible, they then make these dishonest semantic arguments in order to find some desperate difference between marketing and advertising that their ego can live with.