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Assistance vs Advisory - What's the difference?

assistance | advisory |

As nouns the difference between assistance and advisory

is that assistance is aid; help; the act or result of assisting while advisory is a warning.

As an adjective advisory is

able to give advice.

assistance

English

(wikipedia assistance)

Alternative forms

* assistaunce

Noun

(en noun)
  • Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.

    • Derived terms

    * public assistance

    advisory

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to give advice.
    • The advisory committee could only offer advice, but since that was almost always accepted they had real power.
  • Containing advice; advising.
    • The consultant's advisory recommendations were selectively adopted.

    Noun

    (advisories)
  • A warning.
    • The Coast Guard issued a small craft advisory , warning little boats to watch out for bad weather.