What's the difference between announcement and proclamation?

Announcement


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Chapter one Announcement of the Islamic Caliphate The announcement of the renewal of the caliphate in Iraq in the year 1427AH [2006] was the arbiter between division and separation as well as the glory of the Muslims.
  • (2) Paradoxically, each tax holiday increases the need for the next, because companies start holding ever greater amounts of their tax offshore in the expectation that the next Republican government will announce a new one.
  • (3) There will be no statutory inquiry or independent review into the notorious clash between police and miners at Orgreave on 18 June 1984 , the home secretary, Amber Rudd, has announced.
  • (4) Of the five committees asked to develop bills, four have completed their work, and the Senate Finance Committee announced today that it will move forward next week.
  • (5) Cameron also used the speech to lambast one of the central announcements in the budget - raising the top rate of tax for people earning more than £150,000 to 50p from next year.
  • (6) It has announced a four-stage programme of reforms that will tackle most of these stubborn and longstanding problems, including Cinderella issues such as how energy companies treat their small business customers.
  • (7) Last week the WHO said the outbreak had reached a critical point, and announced a $200m (£120m) emergency fund.
  • (8) As James said in Friday’s announcement, his goal was to win championships, and in Miami he was able to reach the NBA Finals every year.
  • (9) The PUP leader told the ABC his announcement would have international significance.
  • (10) The green fund contributions already announced (which include a $3bn pledge by the US and a $1.5bn pledge by Japan revealed during the G20 summit) “show very clearly that if we want the emerging countries and the more fragile countries to participate in this global growth, we have to ... support them,” Hollande said.
  • (11) The announcement on feed-in tariffs will be welcomed by Labour backbenchers, who staged the biggest revolt of Gordon Brown's leadership over the issue.
  • (12) I haven't had to face anyone like the man who threatened to call the police when he decided his card had been cloned after sharing three bottles of wine with his wife, or the drunk woman who became violent and announced that she was a solicitor who was going to get this fucking place shut down – two customers Andrew had to deal with on the same night.
  • (13) The decision, announced earlier this week, will see the region’s libraries reduced from 51 branches to 35.
  • (14) Three Labour MPs and a Tory peer will be charged with false accounting in relation to their parliamentary expenses, it was announced today.
  • (15) The arrival on Monday was another first for the two countries since Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro announced a historic rapprochement in December 2014, and comes weeks after Obama’s visit to the Caribbean island.
  • (16) What about the "credit easing" George Osborne announced in his conference speech?
  • (17) The announcement of Dame Helen Ghosh's departure from the top job at the Home Office the morning after the Olympics is likely to leave Whitehall looking "maler and paler".
  • (18) "We knew people would be interested in the announcement, but it's fair to say that the scale of the excitement, right across the world, took us all by surprise.
  • (19) The joint Premier League leaders announced the 21-year-old, who can play in central midfield or at right-back, had signed a contract until 2020.
  • (20) Last month Walsall council announced it would close 15 of its 16 libraries, and residents told the Guardian they stood to lose vital community spaces as well as reading resources.

Proclamation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication.
  • (n.) That which is proclaimed, publicly announced, or officially declared; a published ordinance; as, the proclamation of a king; a Thanksgiving proclamation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Canada poised to pass anti-terror legislation despite widespread outrage Read more Among other effects, Alberta’s unexpected revolution casts a shadow over the federal government’s imminent proclamation of sweeping new anti-terrorism legislation , which has provoked opposition from all corners of the political landscape.
  • (2) That's true of Dawkins' proclamation that "[I] often say Islam [is the] greatest force for evil today."
  • (3) Some 318 rebels died and 2,217 were wounded; the British army saw 125 killed and 368 wounded; 90 rebels were sentenced to death in an immediate court martial and 15 of those executed, including all seven signatories of the Easter Monday proclamation (the report below erroneously reports that some had been killed in the fighting).
  • (4) The Ethiopian Mining Proclamation states that the government requests 5% free equity shares with every licensed mining company operating in the country, as well as 35% income tax and 8% royalties.
  • (5) They were shocked at the king’s proclamations for independence and had tired of his requests that they remove their shoes during royal visits.
  • (6) Despite constant proclamations surrounding the death of privacy, reports of its demise have been greatly exaggerated.
  • (7) In 2009, parliament passed the charities and societies proclamation , which placed restrictive regulations on non-government organisations, including limitations on foreign funding.
  • (8) Obama administration rushes to protect public lands before Trump takes office Read more “The traditional ecological knowledge amassed by the Native Americans whose ancestors inhabited this region, passed down from generation to generation, offers critical insight into the historic and scientific significance of the area,” the president’s proclamation said .
  • (9) Uneven performance The proclamation by Sir Michael Wilshaw, chief inspector of schools in England, of an "unprecedented improvement" in schools' Ofsted results will have been cheered by many.
  • (10) • In a presidential proclamation Barack Obama said it was "not enough to reflect with pride on the victories of the civil rights movement".
  • (11) The Republican president also broke from Barack Obama’s practice of issuing a proclamation in honor of Pride Month.
  • (12) Historians now tell us that there was a tussle to have women included so pointedly in the proclamation.
  • (13) Blair, who converted to Catholicism to join the same faith as his wife Cherie, added: "One of the things I loved about meeting such people in office was their unashamed proclamation of their faith."
  • (14) "They will have had to issue a proclamation in the government gazette specifying it.
  • (15) He read the proclamation for a new state and held the building until he was forced to evacuate.
  • (16) Bibi’s zero-tolerance proclamation was the modern equivalent of King Canute standing at the shoreline and commanding the waves to turn back.
  • (17) However, such a proclamation does not lay out a blueprint for housing the homeless child, or for building safe public transport for the 20-something journalist who works at my magazine.
  • (18) The governor general did so in a proclamation on Monday, proroguing parliament on 15 April for a new session to begin on 18 April.
  • (19) Still, I am uncomfortable with all the eulogising that's going on, the strident proclamations that only evil people or dupes could imagine that there is any need for reform.
  • (20) President Ram Baran Yadav signed the constitution and made the proclamation, setting off a roar of applause from members of the constituent assembly in Kathmandu.