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Advocate vs Attorny - What's the difference?

advocate | attorny |

As nouns the difference between advocate and attorny

is that advocate is someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel while attorny is (obsolete|or|proscribed).

As a verb advocate

is (label) to plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.

advocate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
  • Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
  • * c. 1591 , (William Shakespeare), Richard III , First Folio 1623:
    • I neuer did incense his Maiestie / Against the Duke of Clarence, but haue bin / An earnest aduocate to plead for him.
  • A person who speaks in support of something.
  • * 2011 , Alix Lee, The Guardian , 9 Oct 2011:
    • He became a tireless advocate for the needs of adults with IMD throughout Britain and internationally.
  • A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
    • ''Since she started working with her advocate , she has become much more confident.

    Derived terms

    * devil's advocate

    Verb

    (advocat)
  • (label) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) Bishop Sanderson
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (Burke)
  • (label) To encourage support for something.
  • To engage in advocacy.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * advocacy

    Anagrams

    * English heteronyms ----

    attorny

    English

    Noun

    (attornies)
  • (obsolete, or, proscribed)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1829, author=Edward Law (Lord Ellenborough), title=A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II, chapter=, edition=1881 ed. citation
    • , passage=The attornies , who are numerous and powerful, very hostile. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1872, author=Charles Kent, title=Charles Dickens as a Reader, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=That "most wonderful woman in the world," Aunt Betsey, for example; or that most laconic of carriers, Mr. Barkis; or, to name yet one other, Uriah Heep, that reddest and most writhing of rascally attornies . }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=1988, date=April 22, author=Bill Burck, title=Local Color: A Night in Court, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=The hand-stenciled sign over the center door reads, "No attornies [sic] allowed in assembly." }}