Evangelize vs Advocate - What's the difference?
evangelize | advocate |
To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to.
* Milton
To preach the Quran and sunnah to non-Muslims; to do dawah
* 2002 , Ergun Mehmet Caner, ?Emir Fethi Caner, Unveiling Islam: An Insider's Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs , Page 11
To be enthusiastic about something, and to attempt to share that enthusiasm with others
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:
A person who speaks in support of something.
* 2011 , Alix Lee, The Guardian , 9 Oct 2011:
A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
(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.
As verbs the difference between evangelize and advocate
is that evangelize is to tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to while advocate is to plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.As a noun advocate is
someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.evangelize
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Alternative forms
* evangelise ''(not US)Verb
(evangeliz)- His apostles whom he sends / To evangelize the nations.
- nor is it the task of the Muslim to "evangelize" the unbelieving world.
advocate
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Noun
(en noun)- I neuer did incense his Maiestie / Against the Duke of Clarence, but haue bin / An earnest aduocate to plead for him.
- He became a tireless advocate for the needs of adults with IMD throughout Britain and internationally.
- ''Since she started working with her advocate , she has become much more confident.