Advice vs Encouragement - What's the difference?
advice | encouragement |
An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.
(obsolete) Deliberate consideration; knowledge.
Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; commonly in the plural. In commercial language, advice usually means information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange; as, a letter of advice.
(legal) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
(computing, programming) In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.
The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
That which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.
As nouns the difference between advice and encouragement
is that advice is an opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel while encouragement is the act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.advice
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Noun
(en-noun)- We may give advice , but we can not give conduct. — Franklin.
- How shall I dote on her with more advice,''' That thus without '''advice begin to love her? — Shakespeare.
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Synonyms
* counsel, suggestion, recommendation, admonition, exhortation, information, notice * See alsoDerived terms
* advice boat * adviceful * avizefullSee also
* advice boat * take adviceReferences
*encouragement
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Alternative forms
* incouragement (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- All generous encouragement of arts. -Otway.
- To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. -Byron.