Instigate vs Advocate - What's the difference?
instigate | advocate | Related terms |
To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite.
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:
A person who speaks in support of something.
* 2011 , Alix Lee, The Guardian , 9 Oct 2011:
A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
(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.
Instigate is a related term of advocate.
As verbs the difference between instigate and advocate
is that instigate is to goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite while advocate is (label) to plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.As a noun advocate is
someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.instigate
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(instigat)- He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent of their malignity. -Bp. Warburton.
Usage notes
Commonly used with reference to evil actions; as, to instigate one to a crime.Synonyms
* (to goad or urge forward): animate, encourage, impel, incite, provoke, spur, stimulate, tempt, urgeAntonyms
* (to goad or urge forward): halt, prevent, stopDerived terms
* instigation * instigatorExternal links
* * ----advocate
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Noun
(en noun)- I neuer did incense his Maiestie / Against the Duke of Clarence, but haue bin / An earnest aduocate to plead for him.
- He became a tireless advocate for the needs of adults with IMD throughout Britain and internationally.
- ''Since she started working with her advocate , she has become much more confident.