What's the difference between catalogue and handbill?

Catalogue


Definition:

  • (n.) A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars.
  • (v. t.) To make a list or catalogue; to insert in a catalogue.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Modern art was interpreted in the catalogue as a conspiracy by Russian Bolsheviks and Jewish dealers to destroy European culture.
  • (2) This week they are wrestling with the difficult issue of how prisoners can order clothes for themselves now that clothing companies are discontinuing their printed catalogues and moving online.
  • (3) Sculthorpe’s catalogue consists of more than 350 pieces ranging from solos to orchestral works and opera.
  • (4) A catalogue of errors allowed the broadcast on Radio 2 of a series of obscene messages the pair had left on the actor Andrew Sachs's answerphone.
  • (5) We have used these anatomical studies on Pseudemys and Mauremys retina to form a catalogue of neural types for the turtle retina in general.
  • (6) The contrast between the snail's pace of negotiations and the rapid rise in emissions catalogued by the International Energy Agency could scarcely be more marked.
  • (7) In this study specific limb and eye movements plus other ictal phenomena were catalogued from the neurologic literature on frontal lobe seizures.
  • (8) It’s just been a catalogue of disasters – the late nomination, when his party membership lapsed , the [alleged] punch-up.
  • (9) In hindsight, Hogg’s 88-page judgment is an extraordinary catalogue of missed opportunities.
  • (10) This article will illustrate the radiological aspects that are seen commonly in AIDS rather than cataloguing every conceivable X-ray abnormality that may be found.
  • (11) The shocking catalogue of abuse at a care home first exposed by a TV investigation has been laid bare in a damning report.
  • (12) Print on demand and YouTube are also providing new ways to mine the company's back catalogue.
  • (13) While the report cleared the UK intelligence services of blame for failing to prevent the killing, despite a catalogue of errors, it was highly critical of the company for failing to flag up the information.
  • (14) The catalogue of blunders produced an angry response from congressmen in both parties who questioned the competence of Pierson, who was herself brought in to clean up the elite unit after earlier scandals in which drunken officers were found passed out during a presidential trip to Amsterdam and visiting prostitutes in Colombia.
  • (15) Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have struck a deal with music publisher BMG to represent their interests in the Rolling Stones catalogue, including 1960s classics such as I Can't Get No Satisfaction and Jumpin' Jack Flash.
  • (16) As the economy has picked up, so has demand for Marshall's cushions, helped in part by getting a listing in the catalogues of notonthehighstreet.com, an online marketplace for small businesses.
  • (17) At the advent of the web, Yahoo quaintly believed it could use editors to catalogue all the content online, but quickly learned that that wouldn't scale, as we say these days.
  • (18) We reviewed our clinical and autopsy experience and the literature from the past 25 years in order to catalogue the frequency and clinical importance of additional malformations in patients with CDH.
  • (19) By 1849 gin was respectable enough to be included in the Fortnum and Mason catalogue for the first time.
  • (20) In Australia, where an estimated 54,000 of Asia-Pacific’s 21 million-plus domestic workers are based, a Salvation Army report catalogued 16-hour days without breaks, non-payment of wages and physical violence.

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.