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Counsel vs Warning - What's the difference?

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Counsel is a related term of warning.


As nouns the difference between counsel and warning

is that counsel is the exchange of opinions and advice; consultation while warning is the action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.

As verbs the difference between counsel and warning

is that counsel is to give advice, especially professional advice while warning is .

As an interjection warning is

used to warn of danger in signs and notices.

counsel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The exchange of opinions and advice; consultation.
  • * Bible, Matthew xxvii. 1
    • All the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death.
  • Exercise of judgment; prudence.
  • * Hooker
    • They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used.
  • Advice; guidance.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I like thy counsel ; well hast thou advised.
  • * Tennyson
    • It was ill counsel had misled the girl.
  • Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.
  • * Bible, Psalms xxxiii. 11
    • The counsel of the Lord standeth forever.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xii. 5
    • The counsels of the wicked are deceit.
  • (obsolete) A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.
  • * Gower
    • thilke lord to whom no counsel may be hid
  • A lawyer, as in Queen's Counsel (QC).

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

  • To give advice, especially professional advice.
    • The lawyer counselled his client to remain silent.
    Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and other mental health professionals counsel clients.
  • To recommend

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * keep one's counsel * keep one's own counsel

    Related terms

    * counselable / counsellable * counseling / counselling * counselor / counsellor

    See also

    * council

    Anagrams

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    warning

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness,

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”}}
  • Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.}}

    Derived terms

    * warning sign

    Interjection

    warning!
  • Used to warn of danger in signs and notices.