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Advice vs Consult - What's the difference?

advice | consult |

In obsolete terms the difference between advice and consult

is that advice is deliberate consideration; knowledge while consult is : Agreement; concert.

As nouns the difference between advice and consult

is that advice is an opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel while consult is : The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consultation; determination; decision.

As a verb consult is

to seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.

advice

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.
    • We may give advice , but we can not give conduct. — Franklin.
  • (obsolete) Deliberate consideration; knowledge.
    • How shall I dote on her with more advice,''' That thus without '''advice begin to love her? — Shakespeare.
  • Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; commonly in the plural. In commercial language, advice usually means information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange; as, a letter of advice.
    • (McElrath)
  • (legal) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
    • (Wharton)
  • (computing, programming) In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.

    • Synonyms

    * counsel, suggestion, recommendation, admonition, exhortation, information, notice * See also

    Derived terms

    * advice boat * adviceful * avizefull

    Related terms

    * advise * adviso * aviso

    See also

    * advice boat * take advice

    References

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    consult

    English

    Alternative forms

    * consultation (Only noun form in UK)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete): The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consultation; determination; decision.
    • The council broke; And all grave consults dissolved in smoke. -.
  • (obsolete): A council; a meeting for consultation.
    • A consult of coquettes. -.
  • (obsolete): Agreement; concert.
  • (US): A visit, e.g. to a doctor; a consultation.

    • Usage notes

    * The noun consult is avoided in British English, favoring consultation instead. In AmE, they are merely synonyms.

    Synonyms

    * consultation

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
    • Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. -
    All the laws of England have been made by the kings of England, consulting with the nobility and commons. - .
  • To advise or offer expertise.
  • To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.
  • To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary.
    • Men forgot, or feared, to consult''' ... ; they were content to '''consult libraries. - .
  • To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
    • We are ... to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight. -L'Estrange.
  • (obsolete): To deliberate upon; to take for.
    • Many things were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. -.
  • (obsolete): To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.
    • Thou hast consulted shame to thy use by cutting off many people. - Bible, Heb. ii. 10.

    Related terms

    * consultancy * consultant * consultation * consultative (Webster 1913)

    External links

    * * English heteronyms