Advice vs Maxim - What's the difference?
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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.
A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.
A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.
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As nouns the difference between advice and maxim
is that advice is an opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel while maxim is a self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.As a proper noun Maxim is
the Maxim gun, a British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War I.advice
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(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
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(en noun)Wealth of Nations, page 768:
- In every age and country of the world men must have attended to the characters, designs, and actions of one another, and many reputable rules and maxims for the conduct of human life, must have been laid down and approved of by common consent.
