Foment vs Advocate - What's the difference?
foment | advocate | Related terms |
To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
(medicine) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge.
* 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange , Norton (2005), page 1178,
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.
Foment is a related term of advocate.
As verbs the difference between foment and advocate
is that foment is to incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate while advocate is (label) 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.foment
English
Verb
(en verb)- He was arrested for fomenting a riot; after all, it's bad enough being in a riot but starting one is much worse.
- The maid had entered with us, and began once more to foment the bruise upon her mistress's brow.
Derived terms
* fomentationadvocate
English
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.