Advocate vs Ochlocrat - What's the difference?
advocate | ochlocrat |
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.
An adherent of the principle of ochlocracy; a advocate of mob rule.
* 1897 : Gilbert Murray, M.A., A history of ancient Greek literature ,
* 1993 : Jorge Amado, Gregory Rabassa [tr.], The War of the Saints ,
* 2006 : Heinrich August Winkler, Alexander Sager [tr.], Germany: The Long Road West, 1789–1933 ,
As nouns the difference between advocate and ochlocrat
is that advocate is someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel while ochlocrat is an adherent of the principle of ochlocracy; a advocate of mob rule.As a verb advocate
is 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)- 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.
Derived terms
* devil's advocateVerb
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* English heteronyms ----ochlocrat
English
Noun
(en noun)page 338(D. Appleton and Company)
- But Lysias was an unabashed ‘?ochlocrat .’ He was at this time poor, and his citizenship was shown to be illegal almost as soon as it was granted.
page 117(Bantam Books; ISBN 0553095374, 9780553095371)
- “You, Father, are an ochlocrat . No heresy in our time is more noxious than trying to implant ochlocracy in the Church. And that’s what you’re trying to do.”
page 59] ([http://www.oup.co.uk/ Oxford University Press; ISBN 0199265976, 978-0199265978)
- ‘The people are as holy as the mob is unholy. A democract is one who wants government for the people and by the people. Someone who wants mob rule is called an “ochlocrat ”.’ [from ochlos , Greek for ‘mass’, ‘mob’ (h.a.w.)] The three estates, the nobility, peasantry, and bourgeoisie, must have advisory and co-determinative political power in all issues and requirements of the country; the princes are to exercise executive authority ‘within boundaries established by the general laws of Germany’.31