different between specification vs advice

English

Etymology

From Middle French specification, from Medieval Latin specificationem (accusative of specificatio)

Noun

specification (countable and uncountable, plural specifications)

1. An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
2. An act of specifying.

Derived terms

• open-specification

Related terms

• species
• specific
• specify

Translations

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

   (Can we find and add a quotation of McElrath to this entry?)

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.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Wharton to this entry?)

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.