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When I encountered the sample sentence for 発信, I read this:

> インターネットを使えば、誰でも世界に情報を発信することができる。

This reminded me of 配信 which I usually see online (especially on YouTube). How
are these two words different?
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meaning nuances
What's the difference between 発信 and 配信
Both 配信 and 発信 roughly mean "delivering the same information/message to
**many** people".

**配信** is used when:

  * the information is individually sent to subscribers or someone who actively requested it
  * the sender knows who the receiver is
  * the focus is on the delivery technology (caching, networking, ...)

**発信** is used when:

  * the information is emitted to the general public without specified receiver
  * the sender does not know who will receive the message in advance
  * the focus is on the content of the message (often related to an opinion, news, fashion trend, etc)

For example, 配信 is done by Netflix, YouTube, a
[CDN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network), a mailing list
system, etc. 発信 is done by a conventional radio station, an SOS radio beacon,
a personal website, or even a fashion magazine.

In addition, 発信 also means "starting a phone call", in which case the antonym
is 着信.

If the receiver is a single person/server, you can just use 送信.
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