broadcast vs distribute

broadcast

verb
  • To transmit a message over a wide area; specifically, to send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people. 

  • To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means. 

  • To appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme. 

adj
  • Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad. 

  • Communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means. 

  • Relating to transmissions of messages or signals through radio waves or electronic means. 

adv
  • Widely in all directions; abroad. 

noun
  • A programme (bulletin, documentary, show, etc.) so transmitted. 

  • A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver. 

distribute

verb
  • To have employees working remotely from multiple locations. 

  • To supply to retail outlets. 

  • To scatter or spread. 

  • To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases. 

  • To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise. 

  • To deliver or pass out. 

  • To divide into portions and dispense. 

  • To classify or separate into categories. 

  • To be distributive. 

  • To apportion (more or less evenly). 

  • To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table. 

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