Advise vs Oversee - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between advise and oversee

is that advise is to give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed while oversee is (literally) to survey, look at something in a wide angle.

advise

English

Alternative forms

* advize (obsolete) * avise * avize

Verb

(advis)

To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

The dentist advised brushing three times a day.

To give information or notice to; to inform or counsel; — with (m) before the thing communicated.

We were advised of the risk.

The lawyer advised me to drop the case, since there was no chance of winning.

To consider, to deliberate.

* 1843 , '', book 2, ch. VIII, ''The Election

accordingly. His Majesty, advising of it for a moment, orders that Samson be brought in with the other Twelve.

(obsolete) To look at, watch; to see.

* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.v:

when that villain he auiz'd , which late / Affrighted had the fairest Florimell , / Full of fiers fury, and indignant hate, / To him he turned

Usage notes

* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See .

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* advice * advisable * advisement * adviser

Anagrams

* English reporting verbs

oversee

English

Verb

(transitive)

(literally) To survey, look at something in a wide angle.

(figuratively) To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.

It is congress's duty to oversee the spending of federal funds.

To inspect, examine

Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers.

(obsolete) To fail to see; to overlook, ignore.

* , II.ix:

Thereat the Elfe did blush in priuitee, / And turnd his face away; but she the same / Dissembled faire, and faynd to ouersee .

To observe secretly or unintentionally.

Derived terms

* overseer * oversight