Advice vs. Advise

Question

Do you know the difference between advice and advise?

Nota: Para que nuestros estudiantes de inglés respondan primero.

Thanks!

Answer 1

That's actually a pretty tricky one usarenzo! Trust me, most native English speakers get it wrong!

Ann: "I need your advice on which pants to wear."

Susan: "I advise you to wear the black ones".

Answer 2

Advice is a noun. You can give someone advice to help them. "Can you give me some advice on learning Spanish?"

Advise is a verb. You can advise someone to do something to help them. "I would advise you to study Spanish more."

Answer 3

well, I don't agree wit Qfreed. Of course, there are differences between Am and Br English, but here, the difference has nothing to do with the version. In Am and Br English we have advice(noun) and advise(verb).

Advice - has voiceless 's' like in 'strange'

Advise - has voiced 's'. like in 'zero'

Thank you. I only posted that ridiiculous answer, because you understood the difference right away. No one was coming up with wrong answers. - 0074b507, Feb 9, 2011

Answer 4

Nota: Para que nuestros estudiantes de inglés respondan primero.

Does anybody E V E R read the question?

I read it, but no one was giving incorrect answers. It was not stumping English students. - 0074b507, Feb 9, 2011

Sigh! No one appreciates a joke! - 0074b507, Feb 9, 2011

That's ok, Q. I do appreciate your incorrect answer. :-) - Gekkosan, Feb 9, 2011

Answer 5

It the same as the difference in spelling between license and licence. License is Am. English spelling and licence is British English spelling. Advise is Am. English and advice is Br. English.

Oops! I forgot. I'm not an English student. And that answer is incorrect to make matters worse.

[it sounds logical, however.]

Answer 6

advice - noun

advise - verb