Commission vs Counsel - What's the difference?
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A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
* Shakespeare
The thing to be done as agent for another.
A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
* Prescott
A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
The act of committing (e.g. a crime).
* South
To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
* 2012 , August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited,
To place an order for (often piece of art); as, commission a portrait.
To put into active service; as, commission a ship.
The exchange of opinions and advice; consultation.
* Bible, Matthew xxvii. 1
Exercise of judgment; prudence.
* Hooker
Advice; guidance.
* Shakespeare
* Tennyson
Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.
* Bible, Psalms xxxiii. 11
* Bible, Proverbs xii. 5
(obsolete) A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.
* Gower
A lawyer, as in Queen's Counsel (QC).
To give advice, especially professional advice.
To recommend
As nouns the difference between commission and counsel
is that commission is a sending or mission (to do or accomplish something) while counsel is the exchange of opinions and advice; consultation.As verbs the difference between commission and counsel
is that commission is to send or officially charge someone or some group to do something while counsel is to give advice, especially professional advice.commission
English
(wikipedia commission)Noun
(en noun)- It was James Bond's commission to defeat the bad guys.
- David received his commission after graduating from West Point.
- Let him see our commission .
- I have three commissions for the city.
- the European Commission; the Electoral Commission; the Federal Communications Commission
- The company's sexual harassment commission made sure that every employee completed the on-line course.
- A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter.
- a reseller's commission
- The real-estate broker charged a four percent commission for their knowledge on bidding for commercial properties; for their intellectual perspective on making a formal offer and the strategy to obtain a mutually satisfying deal with the seller in favour of the buyer .
- the commission , preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism
- Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness.
Synonyms
* body of officials: committee, government body * fee charged: brokerageDerived terms
* commissioner * European Commission * out of commissionVerb
(en verb)- James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.
London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
- Stanning, who was commissioned from Sandhurst in 2008 and has served in Aghanistan, is not the first solider to bail out the organisers at these Games but will be among the most celebrated.
- He commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months.
- The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII.
counsel
English
Noun
(en noun)- All the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death.
- They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used.
- I like thy counsel ; well hast thou advised.
- It was ill counsel had misled the girl.
- The counsel of the Lord standeth forever.
- The counsels of the wicked are deceit.
- thilke lord to whom no counsel may be hid
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
- The lawyer counselled his client to remain silent.
- Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and other mental health professionals counsel clients.