different between advise vs consultancy

English

Alternative forms

• advize (obsolete)
• avise [13th–16th c.]
• avize [16th c.]

Etymology

From Middle English avisen (“to perceive, consider, inform”), from Old French aviser, from avis, or from Late Latin advis?, from ad + vis?, from Latin vide? (“to see”), visum (“past participle of vide?”). See also advice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?va?z/
• Hyphenation: ad?vise
• Rhymes: -a?z

Verb

advise (third-person singular simple present advises, present participle advising, simple past and past participle advised)

1. (transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
2. (transitive) To recommend; to offer as advice.

3. (transitive) To give information or notice to; to inform or counsel; — with of before the thing communicated.

4. (intransitive) To consider, to deliberate.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To look at, watch; to see.
6. (obsolete, intransitive) To consult (with).

Conjugation

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs.

Synonyms

• (to offer an opinion): counsel, warn; See also Thesaurus:advise
• (to give information or notice): inform, notify; See also Thesaurus:inform

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Davies, avised, davies, visaed

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?adva?z/

Verb

advise (third-person singular present advises, present participle advisin, past advised, past participle advised)

1. to advise
2. to consider
3. to review

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

English

Etymology

consultant +? -cy or consult +? -ancy

Noun

consultancy (countable and uncountable, plural consultancies)

1. A consultant or consulting firm.

2. The services offered by a consultant.

   I've been doing IT consultancy for three years.

Translations

See also

• consultancy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia