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Advisory vs Advisement - What's the difference?

advisory | advisement |

As nouns the difference between advisory and advisement

is that advisory is a warning while advisement is consideration or deliberation.

As an adjective advisory

is able to give advice.

advisory

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to give advice.
    • The advisory committee could only offer advice, but since that was almost always accepted they had real power.
  • Containing advice; advising.
    • The consultant's advisory recommendations were selectively adopted.

    Noun

    (advisories)
  • A warning.
    • The Coast Guard issued a small craft advisory , warning little boats to watch out for bad weather.

    advisement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Consideration or deliberation.
    • He took the situation under advisement, but was able to draw no conclusion.
  • (archaic) Advice, counsel.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spendser, The Faerie Queene , I.x:
    • Her wisely comforted all that she might, / With goodly counsell and aduisement right [...].