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Advice vs Suasion - What's the difference?

advice | suasion |

As nouns the difference between advice and suasion

is that advice is an opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel while suasion is the act of urging]] or [[influence|influencing; persuasion.

advice

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.
  • We may give advice , but we can not give conduct. — Franklin.
  • (obsolete) Deliberate consideration; knowledge.
  • How shall I dote on her with more advice,''' That thus without '''advice begin to love her? — Shakespeare.
  • 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.
  • (McElrath)
  • (legal) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
  • (Wharton)
  • (computing, programming) In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.
  • Synonyms

    * counsel, suggestion, recommendation, admonition, exhortation, information, notice * See also

    Derived terms

    * advice boat * adviceful * avizefull

    See also

    * advice boat * take advice

    References

    *

    suasion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of urging]] or [[influence, influencing; persuasion.
  • *1977 , , The Illearth War , page 75:
  • *:The high intricate ways of the Keep had a strange power of suasion , an ability to carry conviction.
  • *1982 , Jacob Kipp, "Review of The Royal Navy and the Siege of Bilbao'' by James Cable," ''Military Affairs , vol. 46, no. 4, page 217:
  • *:James Cable, the author of Gunboat Diplomacy (Chatto & Windus, 1971), has created an excellent case study of naval presence and suasion during the era of appeasement.
  • Usage notes

    * "Persuasion" is more commonly used than "suasion," especially in informal English. * "Persuasion" ordinarily refers to exhortation by means of argumentation or reasoned discourse. "Suasion" may have this sense, but it is not uncommon for "suasion" to refer to the exercise of influence by other means.

    Synonyms

    * suasiveness

    Derived terms

    * moral suasion * suasive * suasively

    References

    *" suasion" at OneLook Dictionary Search

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