Advocate vs Propagator - What's the difference?
advocate | propagator | Related terms |
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.
A person who disseminates news or rumour
A person who propagates plants
A covered, sometimes heated container for germinating seeds or raising seedlings
(physics) A function that represents the quantum propagation of a subatomic particle
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Advocate is a related term of propagator.
As nouns the difference between advocate and propagator
is that advocate is someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel while propagator is a person who disseminates news or rumour.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)- 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.