different between education vs counsel

English

Alternative forms

• (generally jocular) educashun, educamation

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French éducation, from Latin ?duc?ti? (“a breeding, bringing up, rearing”), from ?d?c? (“I educate, train”), from ?d?c? (“I lead forth, I take out; I raise up, I erect”). See educate.Morphologically educate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d????ke??n?/, /??dj??ke??n?/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: ed?u?ca?tion

Noun

education (countable and uncountable, plural educations)

1. (uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
   • 2016-06-17 AROP JOSEPH "Education is the slight hammer that breaks the yoke of ignorance, and moulds knowledge, skills, ideas, good moral values in a person be it a child, a youth or full grown adult. no matter a persons age learning never stops".

2. (countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally.

Derived terms

Related terms

• educate

Translations

See also

• training
• schooling

References

• education at OneLook Dictionary Search
• education in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• education in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• auctioned, cautioned

English

Etymology

From Middle English counseil, conseil, from Old French conseil, from Latin c?nsilium; akin to c?nsul? (“take counsel, consult”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: koun?-s?l, IPA^(key): /?ka?n.s?l/
• Homophone: council

Noun

counsel (countable and uncountable, plural counsels)

1. The exchange of opinions and advice especially in legal issues; consultation.
2. Exercise of judgment; prudence.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used.

3. Advice; guidance.
   • It was ill counsel had misled the girl.

4. Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.
5. (obsolete) A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.

   • thilke lord […] to whom no counsel may be hid

6. A lawyer, as in Queen's Counsel (QC).

Usage notes

In the sense 'lawyer', the plural is usually unchanged counsel.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:advice

Translations

Verb

counsel (third-person singular simple present counsels, present participle counselling or counseling, simple past and past participle counselled or counseled)

1. (transitive) To give advice, especially professional advice, to (somebody).

   The lawyer counselled his client to remain silent.

   Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and other mental health professionals counsel clients.

2. (transitive) To recommend (a course of action).

   I would counsel prudence in this matter.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:advise

Translations

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• council

Anagrams

• conules, leucons, unclose