Difference between Programme and Broadcast

What is the difference between Programme and Broadcast?

Programme as a noun is a planned sequence of events. while Broadcast as a noun is a transmission of a radio or television programme aired to be received by anyone with a receiver.

Programme

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A planned sequence of events. A sheet or booklet that lists a schedule of events. A presentation that is broadcast on radio or television.

Example sentence: I started life washing cars in Canada before moving on to selling life insurance and vacuum cleaners. Later, I went through a programme by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, which literally changed my life. It was the turning point.

Broadcast

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: cast or scattered widely, in all directions

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To transmit a message or signal via radio waves or electronic meansTo transmit a message over a wide areaTo appear as speaker, presenter or performer in a broadcast programTo sow seeds over a wide areaTo send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A transmission of a radio or television programme aired to be received by anyone with a receiver.A programme (show, bulletin, documentary ...) so transmitted.The act of scattering seed.

Example sentence: I do everything from home. I broadcast commentaries for CBS News Radio every day - from home, on a disk that I mail in. I write a weekly op-ed piece for the 'New York Daily News,' and any books or plays or movies that I'm crazy enough to write, I do that from home.

We hope you now know whether to use Programme or Broadcast in your sentence.

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