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Advocacy vs Advocation - What's the difference?

advocacy | advocation |

As nouns the difference between advocacy and advocation

is that advocacy is the profession of an advocate while advocation is the act of advocating or pleading.

advocacy

English

Noun

(advocacies) (wikipedia advocacy)
  • the profession of an advocate
  • the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something
  • the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard

    • advocation

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) The act of advocating or pleading.
  • (British, legal) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
  • (Scotland, legal) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.

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