Hype
Hype noun - Information released to the media that is designed to gain public attention or support for a person, business, or cause.
Usage example: the prelaunch hype for the new cell phone translated into phenomenal sales numbers on release day
Release and hype are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Release" instead a noun "Hype".
Nearby Words: hyped, hyping
Release
Release noun - A freeing from an obligation or responsibility.
How words are described
| similar | similar hype | similar release |
| public | public hype | public release |
| initial | initial hype | initial release |
| massive | massive hype | massive release |
| Other adjectives: early, major, general, later, official, commercial, online, digital. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The game starts shortly after the movie ends, and is notable both for being a sequel instead of a recreation, and for taking a year after the movie's release for development with the explicit goal of not falling into the "rushed product to match the movie's release date and hype" trap.
Source: Film / Wanted -
During the pre-release online hype for Cloverfield, numerous Epileptic Trees abounded about what the monster would look like and where it had come from.
Source: Space Whale - That was seen as either jerking the fans around in order to hype the future release of End of Evangelion, which was the full movie or a pointed attempt NOT to viewers around.
Source: Reverse Psychology Marketing
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