Advise vs Entertain - What's the difference?
advise | entertain |
To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
To give information or notice to; to inform or counsel; — with (m) before the thing communicated.
To consider, to deliberate.
* 1843 , '', book 2, ch. VIII, ''The Election
(obsolete) To look at, watch; to see.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.v:
To amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably.
(transitive, and, intransitive) To have someone over at one's home for a party or visit.
* Bible, Heb. xiii. 2
To receive and take into consideration; to have a thought in mind.
* De Quincey
* Hawthorne
(obsolete) To take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbour; to keep.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
(obsolete) To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
* Jeremy Taylor
(obsolete) ; pleasure.
(obsolete) Reception of a guest; welcome.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.8:
In lang=en terms the difference between advise and entertain
is that advise is to consider, to deliberate while entertain is to receive and take into consideration; to have a thought in mind.As verbs the difference between advise and entertain
is that advise is to give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed while entertain is to amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably.As a noun entertain is
(obsolete) ; pleasure.advise
English
Alternative forms
* advize (obsolete) * avise * avizeVerb
(advis)- The dentist advised brushing three times a day.
- We were advised of the risk.
- The lawyer advised me to drop the case, since there was no chance of winning.
- accordingly. His Majesty, advising of it for a moment, orders that Samson be brought in with the other Twelve.
- when that villain he auiz'd , which late / Affrighted had the fairest Florimell , / Full of fiers fury, and indignant hate, / To him he turned
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See .Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* advice * advisable * advisement * adviserAnagrams
* English reporting verbsentertain
English
Verb
(en verb)- to entertain friends with lively conversation
- The motivational speaker not only instructed but also entertained the audience.
- They enjoy entertaining a lot.
- Be not forgetful to entertain strangers
- The committee would like to entertain the idea of reducing the budget figures.
- to entertain a proposal
- I am not here going to entertain so large a theme as the philosophy of Locke.
- A rumour gained ground, — and, however absurd, was entertained by some very sensible people.
- You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred.
- (Shakespeare)
- to baptize all nations, and entertain them into the services and institutions of the holy Jesus
Derived terms
* entertainer * entertaining * entertainmentNoun
(-)- But neede, that answers not to all requests, / Bad them not looke for better entertayne […].