Advertent vs Intent - What's the difference?
advertent | intent |
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
A purpose; something that is intended.
(legal) The state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence.
Firmly fixed or concentrated on something.
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*2014 , Daniel Taylor, "
*:Uruguay were quick to the ball, strong in the tackle and seemed intent on showing they were a better team than had been apparent in their defeat to Costa Rica.
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*:And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.
Engrossed.
Unwavering from a course of action.
As adjectives the difference between advertent and intent
is that advertent is attentive while intent is firmly fixed or concentrated on something.As a noun intent is
a purpose; something that is intended.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 ----intent
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Alternative forms
* entent (obsolete)Noun
Adjective
(en adjective)World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark," guardian.co.uk , 20 June: