different between advice vs griff

English

Etymology

From Middle English avys, from Old French avis, from the phrase ce m'est a vis ("in my view"), where vis is from Latin visus, past participle of videre (“to see”). See vision, and confer avise, advise. The unhistoric -d- was introduced in English 15c. Doublet of aviso.

Displaced native Old English r?d.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?va?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æd?va?s/
• Rhymes: -a?s

Noun

advice (countable and uncountable, plural advices)

1. (uncountable) An opinion offered in an effort to be helpful.
2. (uncountable, obsolete) Deliberate consideration; knowledge.
   • c. 1589-1593, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona

     How shall I dote on her with more advice,
     That thus without advice begin to love her?

3. (archaic, commonly in plural) Information or news given; intelligence

4. (countable) In language about financial transactions executed by formal documents, an advisory document.
5. (uncountable) In commercial language, information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange

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6. (countable, law) A communication providing information, such as how an uncertain area of law might apply to possible future actions
7. (uncountable, law) Counseling to perform a specific legal act.
8. (uncountable, law) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.

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9. (countable, programming) In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.

Synonyms

• counsel, suggestion, recommendation, rede, admonition, exhortation, information, tip, notice
• See also Thesaurus:advice

Derived terms

• advice boat
• adviceful
• avizefull

Related terms

• advise
• adviso
• aviso

Translations

See also

• advice boat
• take advice

Verb

advice

1. Misspelling of advise.

References

• advice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???f/

Etymology 1

Shortened from earlier griffin.

Noun

griff (plural griffs)

1. (India) griffin, (white) newcomer

Etymology 2

Compare grip, gripe.

Noun

griff (plural griffs)

1. (obsolete) grasp; reach

   • A vaine of gold ore within one spades griffe in the first turfe of the ground

2. (weaving) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.

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Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• grefa, griefo, griefs, grifa, griffa, griffo

Noun

griff (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, slang) marijuana.

Derived terms

• green griff
• griff house

German

Verb

griff

1. first/third-person singular preterite of greifen

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Gryph, from Latin gryphus, from Ancient Greek ???? (grúps).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??rif?]
• Hyphenation: griff
• Rhymes: -if?

Noun

griff (plural griffek)

1. griffin (a mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle)

Declension

Synonyms

• griffmadár

References