Await vs Advance - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between await and advance

is that await is to wait; to stay in waiting while advance is to move forwards, to approach.

As verbs the difference between await and advance

is that await is (formal) to wait for while advance is to bring forward; to move towards the front; to make to go on.

As nouns the difference between await and advance

is that await is (label) a waiting for; ambush while advance is a forward move; improvement or progression.

As an adjective advance is

completed before need or a milestone event.

await

English

Verb

(en verb)

(formal) To wait for.

* Milton

Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat, / Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night.

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To expect.

To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.

* 1900 , , (The House Behind the Cedars) , Chapter I,

Standing foursquare in the heart of the town, at the intersection of the two main streets, a "jog" at each street corner left around the market-house a little public square, which at this hour was well occupied by carts and wagons from the country and empty drays awaiting hire.

* Milton

O Eve, some farther change awaits us nigh.

To wait on, serve or attend.

To watch, observe.

To wait (on or upon).

To wait; to stay in waiting.

Synonyms

* (wait for) wait for, anticipate, listen (of a sound)

Usage notes

* As await means to wait for'', it is not followed by "for". ''*I am awaiting for your reply is therefore incorrect.

Noun

(en noun)

(label) A waiting for; ambush.

(label) Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.

*, Book VII:

*:Also, madame, syte you well that there be many men spekith of oure love in this courte, and have you and me gretely in awayte , as thes Sir Aggravayne and Sir Mordred.

*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , VI.6:

*:For all that night, the whyles the Prince did rest […] He watcht in close awayt with weapons prest […].

References

advance

English

Alternative forms

* advaunce

Verb

(advanc)

To bring forward; to move towards the front; to make to go on.

(obsolete) To raise; to elevate.

They advanced their eyelids. — Shakespeare

To raise to a higher rank; to promote.

* Bible, Esther iii. 1

Ahasueres advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes.

* Prescott

This, however, was in time evaded by the monarchs, who advanced certain of their own retainers to a level with the ancient peers of the land

To accelerate the growth or progress of; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten.

to advance the ripening of fruit

to advance one's interests

To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show.

to advance an argument

* Alexander Pope

Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own.

To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.

To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand.

Merchants often advance money on a contract or on goods consigned to them.

To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate.

to advance the price of goods

To move forwards, to approach.

He rose from his chair and advanced to greet me.

(obsolete) To extol; to laud.

* Spenser

greatly advancing his gay chivalry

Synonyms

* raise, elevate, exalt, aggrandize, improve, heighten, accelerate, allege, adduce, assign

Derived terms

* advancement * in advance * in advance of

Noun

(en noun)

A forward move; improvement or progression.

an advance in health or knowledge

an advance in rank or office

An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.

* Jay

I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances .

* Kent

The account was made up with intent to show what advances had been made.

An addition to the price; rise in price or value.

an advance on the prime cost of goods

(in the plural) An opening approach or overture, especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.

* Jonathan Swift

[He] made the like advances to the dissenters.

* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), , chapter 4:

As the sun fell, so did our spirits. I had tried to make advances to the girl again; but she would have none of me, and so I was not only thirsty but otherwise sad and downhearted.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Completed before need or a milestone event.

He made an advance payment on the prior shipment to show good faith.

Preceding.

The advance man came a month before the candidate.

Forward.

The scouts found a site for an advance base.

Derived terms

* advance person