What's the difference between brochure and handbill?

Brochure


Definition:

  • (v. t.) A printed and stitched book containing only a few leaves; a pamphlet.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) One example in the report is that of KPMG, whose staff advised on the development of "controlled foreign company" and "patent box" rules, and then issued marketing brochures highlighting the role they had played.
  • (2) Side-entrance shame The brochure for the upmarket apartments of One Commercial Street, on the edge of the City, boasts of a "bespoke entrance lobby ... With the ambience of a stylish hotel reception area, it creates a stylish yet secure transition space between your home and the City streets".
  • (3) Five communication methods are examined in the article: brochure, film, county eligibility worker presentation, state representative presentation, and HMO representative presentation.
  • (4) The facility stresses self-care, and a bulletin board located near the vending machine provides numerous health education brochures.
  • (5) A brochure with a clinical study on 1,021 patients chosen at random shows the frequency of complications arising during the peri- and post-operative course in patients around 60 years of age and older.
  • (6) To monitor and assess the impact of the brochure, the CDC planned to use data gathered through the AIDS Knowledge and Attitudes supplement of the National Health Interview Survey.
  • (7) Information about what the rankings signify will be available online and in brochures in stores.
  • (8) In a brochure sent to advertisers in 1958, he announced resolutely: "It is our firm intention to remain a compact newspaper, and to resist the temptation to become a Sunday magazine.
  • (9) A 12-page glossy brochure in the PUP’s trademark bright yellow, authorised by Palmer as electoral material, invites voters to the “Fairfax festival weekend” on 27, 28 and 29 June.
  • (10) Consenting subjects, recruited by extensive distribution of brochures and word-of-mouth, underwent confidential interviews about drug use behaviors in a setting that was independent of community service agencies.
  • (11) A glossy promotional brochure describes Eko Atlantic as “Africa’s 21st-century city” that will make Lagos the new financial capital of the continent.
  • (12) Lumley’s direct lobbying of Johnson becomes increasingly relevant following close inspection of Heatherwick’s official tender submission for the bridge, a glossy, 14-page brochure naming the actress as an “associate” in its bid for the high-profile project.
  • (13) In the commemorative brochure, it emphasised the need … "to ensure a reliable and sufficient supply to meet all demands".
  • (14) The longer brochure was preferred over the shorter insert as a model of drug information to be included with additional drugs.
  • (15) This means they will have to build new administration systems and compliance processes, train staff, design and print new forms and brochures.
  • (16) Companies promise a trip like no other, with buggy tours lasting two days and one evening, 'long enough,' one brochure states, 'for nature enthusiasts to keep their excitement, but not too long to the point of monotony.'
  • (17) During the year between the studies, information brochures on sexually transmitted diseases were produced for doctors and the public.
  • (18) The brochure includes advertisements for the 10 Palmer resort restaurants, cafes and bars, as well as reprinting Palmer’s maiden speech and his business card.
  • (19) Accessible through BRS, CHID suggests sources for procuring brochures, pamphlets, articles, and films on community services, programs at HMOs and hospitals, aspects of coping, and more.
  • (20) By merely changing a few words, telephone numbers, and maps, this brochure can be adapted for use at most Level II or III Newborn Special Care Units.

Handbill


Definition:

  • (n.) A loose, printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
  • (n.) A pruning hook.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The exhibition showcases the tastes and pastimes of this middle market, largely by means of the printed images, books and handbills that advertised and explained them.
  • (2) The fliers were inexpensive handbills describing the center's location and services, distributed to 23,000 households.
  • (3) The Times writer was amazed by what he saw: ‘The warmth and life of the flesh, the breathing in the nostrils… ’ For a few cents more, the man from the Times might have bought a curious pamphlet quite unlike the usual hyperbolic handbills to these shows, telling how the portrait came to be painted in Madrid in 1623 and by what luck it came into the possession of a humble tradesman, as the owner described himself, two centuries later in England.
  • (4) But first she sang at a tiny cafe down the street, Aux Folies , an art-deco relic with cubist mosaics, swirls of neon lettering above its zinc counter, and iron pillars plastered with handbills for shows dating back to the 1920s.
  • (5) Condoms were advertised during the 18th century, usually by handbill.
  • (6) 3% cited mobile loudspeakers, handbills, posters or slides in cinemas.