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Counseller vs Advocate - What's the difference?

counseller | advocate |

As nouns the difference between counseller and advocate

is that counseller is while advocate is someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.

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.

counseller

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * {{quote-journal
  • , year=1566 , author=John Martiall , editor=D.M. Rogers , title=A Replie to M. Calfhills Blasphemous Answer Made Against the Treatise of the Crosse , journal=English recusant literature, 1558-1640 , volume=203 , page=125 citation , passage=In dede he talketh arrogantlye of his person in the end of his booke, and determinately like a counseller with God in this place. }}

    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.
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