What's the difference between proclaim and promulgate?

Proclaim


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.
  • (v. t.) To outlaw by public proclamation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) With respect to Sir Jimmy, those who proclaim the age of the train rarely get it right.
  • (2) President Obama on Thursday proclaimed to be against endless wars, even as he announced that the US will continue to wage one.
  • (3) The soiree's proclaimed objective is to build a "caucus of common sense" with Senate Republicans.
  • (4) The site's manifesto proclaims that "the goal … is to break down the wall of omertà and silence that protects the mafia … We call on all citizens: 'if you know something, say something'".
  • (5) Everywhere I go the people proclaim me the president of Congo."
  • (6) Cocaine was considered incapable of producing dependence in 1980 but was recently proclaimed the drug of greatest national health concern.
  • (7) When it was first licensed for the European food market six years ago, baobab was – with a certain inevitability –proclaimed a superfood to rival quinoa, blueberries and kale.
  • (8) We need to show the reality we are living in.” The protesters carried banners, proclaiming: “Obama’s trip to Cuba isn’t for fun.
  • (9) He was a self-proclaimed cleric, though he had no formal qualifications or any evidence to support his claims.
  • (10) Like Demirtaş, Erdoğan proclaimed his desire to allow greater freedom and self-expression not just for his own constituency, but for all neglected citizens of the republic – including the Kurds, who in the mid-2000s voted for him in large numbers.
  • (11) Rebels had previously claimed they lacked weapons to strike at that range, but a spokesman for the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic told AFP its fighters had shot down the two aircraft.
  • (12) Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic in 1949 from the rostrum – shortly before ordering the expansion of the square.
  • (13) Republican convention live: roll call vote to officially nominate Trump begins Read more Crossing the threshold of 1,237 votes, Trump officially became the Republican party’s nominee for president, as the stage in Cleveland was illuminated with a message proclaiming: “Over the Top”.
  • (14) There is, scientists proclaim, a crisis in biomedical research.
  • (15) Others are taking the rally at face value and planning to turn up with banners proclaiming themselves part of the reasonable majority, liberal or conservative, against the particular brand of insanity that has swept America since Barack Obama entered the White House.
  • (16) But, as the church itself proclaims, redemption is always possible for a sinner.
  • (17) His supporters sport T-shirts proclaiming "100% Zulu Boy".
  • (18) Instead they said their role was to prevent weapons reaching the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic".
  • (19) Sometimes these slogans proclaim the wearer's enjoyment of football ("Keep calm and play football!")
  • (20) August 1995 After poorly contested elections, the EPRDF swept to power; the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia was proclaimed, and Meles became Ethiopia's first prime minister.

Promulgate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This review considers the biophysics of penetrating missile wounds, highlights some of the more common misconceptions and seeks to reconcile the conflicting and confusing management doctrines that are promulgated in the literature-differences that arise not only from two scenarios, peace and war, but also from misapprehensions of the wounding process.
  • (2) Some international, national and state governments and agencies are currently evaluating and promulgating climate-related legislation and regulations that are focused on restricting greenhouse gas emissions,” the section then explains.
  • (3) Regulations have not yet been promulgated, in part because "the psychological well-being" of primates is extremely difficult to define.
  • (4) Most cases are treated on an outpatient basis and the Center for Disease Control has promulgated a set of recommendations for the outpatient treatment of acute salpingitis.
  • (5) Since the import and use of pesticides was in the public sector, the promulgation of the Agricultural Pesticides Ordinance was delayed to 1971 and the Rules to 1973.
  • (6) Such utopian, urban visions help drive the “smart city” rhetoric that has, for the past decade or so, been promulgated most energetically by big technology, engineering and consulting companies.
  • (7) As a result, clinicians have begun to promulgate the concept of an integrated, concurrent psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy.
  • (8) The Act was promulgated as a result of pressure from people who wanted access to their notes and health professionals who recognised the benefits of open relationships with the people for whom they cared.
  • (9) "Certainly a recognition body will be set up, because the charter will be promulgated.
  • (10) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has promulgated a standard, expected to become mandatory in mid 1991, designed to protect employees from all exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials.
  • (11) It is argued that failure to do this promulgates an unfortunate tradition of shallow, inaccurate psychological measurement within gerontology.
  • (12) Later, and independent of our analysis, the Federal German Government promulgated a special regulation governing the setup of personal engaged in psychiatry, on 18 December 1990.
  • (13) More than 20 years ago the U.S. Department of Labor promulgated regulations designed to protect the hearing of employees who work in noisy environments.
  • (14) The promulgation of the Medicines Control Act (1964), the Pharmacy Act (1974) and the Medical, Dental and Supplementary Health Professions Act (1974) brought new dimensions to the strained relationship.
  • (15) Ethical considerations concerning research on a healthy population must go beyond the law recently promulgated in France.
  • (16) The solution to the occupational medical communication problem will be materially aided by the recent promulgation of a set of ethical principles for occupational physicians, and would be further advanced by the development of a review process for complaints and by the initiation of a public censure procedure for corporations which do not permit their physicians the opportunity to practice ethically.
  • (17) The results suggest the importance of female family members in the acceptance and promulgation of health promotion efforts for both essential and isolated systolic hypertension at the population level.
  • (18) He concludes that the role of mental disorder in the witch hunts has been overinflated by authors with an interest in promulgating the medical model of abnormal behavior.
  • (19) This article challenges the authority of state administrators to promulgate these rules, and argues that state constitutions, little mentioned in the Baby Doe debate thus far, may prohibit many states from adopting the federal standard.
  • (20) The Bloodborne Pathogens Standard is the first standard promulgated by OSHA that addresses a biological hazard in the workplace.