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Advocated vs Propagated - What's the difference?

advocated | propagated |

As verbs the difference between advocated and propagated

is that advocated is (advocate) while propagated is (propagate).

advocated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (advocate)

    • 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 ----

    propagated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (propagate)

    • propagate

    English

    Verb

  • To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree.
  • To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
  • To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate
  • * Daniel Defoe
    • The infection was propagated insensibly.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 19 , author=Kerry Brown , title=Kim Jong-il obituary , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=The DPRK propagated an extraordinary tale of his birth occurring on Mount Baekdu, one of Korea's most revered sites, being accompanied by shooting stars in the sky. It is more likely that he was born in a small village in the USSR, while his father was serving as a Soviet-backed general during the second world war.}}
  • (obsolete) To multiply; to increase.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, / Which thou wilt propagate .
  • To generate; to produce.
  • * De Quincey
    • Motion propagated motion, and life threw off life.
  • To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.
  • (computing) To take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
    • It takes 24 hours for password changes to propagate throughout the system.
  • (computing) To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
    • The server propagates the password file at midnight each day.

    Derived terms

    * propagation * propagator

    References

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