Psychology vs Counsel - What's the difference?
psychology | counsel |
(uncountable) The study of the human mind.
(uncountable) The study of human behavior.
(uncountable) The study of animal behavior.
(countable) The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.
* 1970 , Mary M. Luke, A Crown for Elizabeth , page 8:
* 1969 , Victor Alba, The Latin Americans , page 42:
The exchange of opinions and advice; consultation.
* Bible, Matthew xxvii. 1
Exercise of judgment; prudence.
* Hooker
Advice; guidance.
* Shakespeare
* Tennyson
Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.
* Bible, Psalms xxxiii. 11
* Bible, Proverbs xii. 5
(obsolete) A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.
* Gower
A lawyer, as in Queen's Counsel (QC).
To give advice, especially professional advice.
To recommend
As nouns the difference between psychology and counsel
is that psychology is (uncountable) the study of the human mind while counsel is the exchange of opinions and advice; consultation.As a verb counsel is
to give advice, especially professional advice.psychology
English
(wikipedia psychology)Noun
- For generations, historians have conjectured everything from a warped psychology to a deformed body as accounting for Elizabeth's preferred spinsterhood...
- In the United States, the psychology of a laborer, a farmer, a businessman does not differ in any important respect.
Derived terms
* * *counsel
English
Noun
(en noun)- All the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death.
- They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used.
- I like thy counsel ; well hast thou advised.
- It was ill counsel had misled the girl.
- The counsel of the Lord standeth forever.
- The counsels of the wicked are deceit.
- thilke lord to whom no counsel may be hid
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
- The lawyer counselled his client to remain silent.
- Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and other mental health professionals counsel clients.
