Advertent vs Caution - What's the difference?
advertent | caution |
Attentive.
* 1828 , Matthew Hale, David Young, On the Knowledge of Christ Crucified: And Other Divine Contemplations , page 227
Not inadvertent; intentional.
* 1963 , Philippine Law Journal , page 442
* 1998 , Keith John Michael Smith, Lawyers, Legislators and Theorists: Developments in English Criminal Law , page 283
Precept or warning against evil or danger of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.
* Shakespeare
A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness.
Security; guaranty; bail.
* Clarendon
One who gives rise to attention or astonishment.
A formal warning given as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases.
As an adjective advertent
is attentive.As a noun caution is
precept or warning against evil or danger of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.As a verb caution is
to warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.advertent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Is he rich, prosperous, great? yet he continues safe, because he continues humble, watchful, advertent , lest he should be deceived and transported
- There is such thing as advertent negligence in which the harm is foreseen as possible or probable.
- Until the 1950s, for judges both the conceptual and terminological identification of advertent risk taking — subjective recklessness — often lay submerged within the amorphous notion of 'malice' [....]
Usage notes
* This term is much rarer than its opposite inadvertent .Antonyms
* (intentional) inadvertent ----caution
English
Noun
(en noun)- In way of caution I must tell you.
- The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be prosecuted.
- Oh, that boy, he's a caution ! He does make me laugh.