Instruct vs Advice - What's the difference?
instruct | advice |
(label) to teach by giving instructions
(label) to direct; to order (usage note : "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier than "advise")
(label) arranged; furnished; provided
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(label) instructed; taught; enlightened
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.
As nouns the difference between instruct and advice
is that instruct is (label) instruction while advice is an opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.As a verb instruct
is (label) to teach by giving instructions.As an adjective instruct
is (label) arranged; furnished; provided.instruct
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advice
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(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.
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