Heed vs Advice - What's the difference?
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Careful attention.
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
* Dryden
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(archaic) To pay attention, care.
An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.
(obsolete) Deliberate consideration; knowledge.
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.
(legal) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
(computing, programming) In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.
Heed is a related term of advice.
As nouns the difference between heed and advice
is that heed is heathen, pagan or heed can be heath while advice is an opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.heed
English
Noun
(-)- Then for a few minutes I did not pay much heed to what was said, being terribly straitened for room, and cramped with pain from lying so long in one place.
Usage notes
* Often used with give, pay or take.Synonyms
* (careful attention) attention, notice, observation, regardVerb
(en verb)- With pleasure Argus the musician heeds .
Life in a Russian Prison," New York Times (retrieved 24 September 2013):
- Tolokonnikova not only tried to adjust to life in the penal colony but she even tried to heed the criticism levied at her by colony representatives during a parole hearing.
advice
English
Noun
(en-noun)- We may give advice , but we can not give conduct. — Franklin.
- How shall I dote on her with more advice,''' That thus without '''advice begin to love her? — Shakespeare.
- (McElrath)
- (Wharton)