Advocate vs Pupil - What's the difference?
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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.
(legal, obsolete) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.
(senseid)A student under the supervision of a teacher or professor.
* 1668 December 19, , “Mr.'' Alexander Seaton ''contra'' Menzies” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683),
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
, volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.
Advocate is a related term of pupil.
As nouns the difference between advocate and pupil
is that advocate is someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel while pupil is (legal|obsolete) an orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state or pupil can be (anatomy) the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.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.
Derived terms
* devil's advocateVerb
(advocat)Synonyms
* See alsoAnagrams
* English heteronyms ----pupil
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)page 575
- The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Di?charge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extingui?h the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and con?equently of all the re?t, they being all correi debendi , lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Di?charged as to one, and ?tand as to all the re?t.
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Etymology 2
(wikipedia pupil) From (etyl) pupille, from (etyl) , named because of the small reflected image seen when looking into someone's eye.Noun
(en noun)- Why did your pupils dilate when you saw me topless? Do you like me or something?