What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Advice vs Regular - What's the difference?

advice | regular |

As a noun advice

is an opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.

As an adjective regular is

.

As an adverb regular is

regularly.

advice

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.
    • We may give advice , but we can not give conduct. — Franklin.
  • (obsolete) Deliberate consideration; knowledge.
    • How shall I dote on her with more advice,''' That thus without '''advice begin to love her? — Shakespeare.
  • 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.
    • (McElrath)
  • (legal) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
    • (Wharton)
  • (computing, programming) In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.

    • Synonyms

    * counsel, suggestion, recommendation, admonition, exhortation, information, notice * See also

    Derived terms

    * advice boat * adviceful * avizefull

    Related terms

    * advise * adviso * aviso

    See also

    * advice boat * take advice

    References

    *

    regular

    English

    (wikipedia regular)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (Christianity) Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to (secular)).
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, page 201:
    • A quarter of a million strong in 1680, the clergy was only half as large in 1789. The unpopular regular clergy were the worst affected.
  • Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.
  • (geometry, of a polygon) Having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size
  • (geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
  • Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.
  • * 2011 , (AL Kennedy), The Guardian , 12 Apr 2011:
    • April may be the cruellest month, but I am planning to render it civilised and to take my antibiotics in a regular manner.
  • (now, rare) Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.).
  • Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.
  • (chiefly, US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.
  • *
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.}}
  • (chiefly, military) Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops.
  • Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way.
  • (colloquial) Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.
  • Belonging to a monastic order or community.
    • regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy
  • (botany, zoology) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
    • a regular''' flower; a '''regular sea urchin
  • (crystallography) isometric
  • (snowboarding) Riding with the left foot forward. BBC Sport, "Sochi 2014: A jargon-busting guide to the halfpipe", 11 February 2014
  • (analysis, not comparable, of a Borel measure) Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.

    • Synonyms

    * (with constant frequency) uniform * (normal) normal * (grammar) weak (verbs) * (frequent) steady

    Antonyms

    * (with constant frequency) irregular * (normal) irregular * (obeying rules) irregular * (grammar) irregular, strong (verbs) * (snowboarding) goofy

    Related terms

    * irregular * quasiregular * rail * * regimen * regulate * regulation * regularity * regularly * rule * semiregular

    Coordinate terms

    * (snowboarding) switch

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
  • A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
    • Bartenders usually know their regulars by name.
  • A frequent customer, client or business partner.
    • This gentleman was one of the architect's regulars .
  • (Canada) A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
  • Anything that is normal or standard.
  • * 2011 , Jamie MacLennan, ZhaoHui Tang, Bogdan Crivat, Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
    • You separate the marbles by color until you have four groups, but then you notice that some of the marbles are regulars , some are shooters, and some are peewees.

    References

    * * ----