Difference between Attack and Flack

What is the difference between Attack and Flack?

Attack as a verb is to apply violent force to someone or something. while Flack as a verb is to publicise, to promote

Attack

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To apply violent force to someone or something. To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar). To aim balls at the batsman's wicket. To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets. To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An attempt to cause damage or injury to, or to somehow detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault. A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle. Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side. Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net. The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team. The sudden onset of a disease. The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).

Example sentence: I am the people, I'm not the pig. You got to make a distinction. And the people are going to have to attack the pigs. The people are going to have to stand up against the pigs. That's what the Panthers is doing, that's what the Panthers are doing all over the world.

Flack

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a publicist, a publicity agentA publicist, a publicity agent.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to publicise, to promote

We hope you now know whether to use Attack or Flack in your sentence.

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