2021-04-10 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – adviser & advisor

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2021-04-10

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – adviser & advisor

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ออกเสียง adviser & advisor = ‘ad-VAHY-zer’

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

What's the difference between adviser and advisor?

Adviser or advisor?

It doesn't matter what your computer's spellcheck tells you,

adviser and advisor are both correct.

Although there is enough overlap between these two words

that they are generally considered simply

to be different ways to spell the same word,

there are some cases in which one tends to be used

more oftenthan the other.

Some people feel that advisor is more formal,

and it tends to be found more often

when applied to official positions,

such as an advisor to a president.

When referring to someone who is serving in a military role,

especiallywhen using the term as a euphemism

(as when claiming that troops are actually military advisers),

then adviser is somewhat more common.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Usage Notes

'Advisor'vs. 'Adviser': Who Will Win?

Going head-to-head in a centuries-old rivalry

What to Know

There is no difference between adviser and advisor besides spelling,

and both are acceptable for someone who gives advice.

Some people, though, feel that advisor is more formal.

Advisor tends to be used for people having an official position

—for example, an advisor to the president.

Welcome to today's Spelling Variants Match.

In the red corner, weighing in at seven letters

and with the same ending we see

in such well-regarded words as teacher and farmer,

the lovely and familiar adviser.

And in the blue corner, weighing in at a slightly rounder seven letters

and with the same ending we see

in the likes of such slightly elevated wordsas doctor and actor,

the always well-dressed advisor.

Who will come out as today's champion?

But really, folks,

spelling variantsare far too serious a matter

for some kind of frivolous boxing metaphor.

There are facts to consider:

1. 1. The words adviser and advisor

bothrefer to someone who advises

—that is, broadly, someone who offers advice.

Both spellings date to the 1500s,

with adviser entering the playing field

several decades before advisor stepped out.

1. 2. Their pedigrees are slightly different,

and only in the obvious way:

the -or suffix in advisor is ultimately from Latin,

while the -er suffix in adviser is ultimately Germanic.

1. 3. Adviser is the hands-down overall favorite,

based on large swaths of data available on the Internet.

Beyond these facts,

we might also consider the following:

adviser retains the e prominent at the finish of both advise and advice,

while advisor aligns nicely with supervisor,

and plays well with advisory and supervisory.

Also, worth considering

Is the fact that in many casesone or the other is used

as part of a person's professional title:

the United Nations Office of Military Affairs

is headed by the Military Adviser.

Sometimes a single organization will use both:

the United States government has both

a National Security Advisor and a Council of Economic Advisers.

Many publications don’t much care

how the title bearer writes the title: they go with their preferred style.

Although the U.S. government refers to advisors

in discussionof the National Security Council

and reference to the National Security Advisor,

national news organizations overwhelmingly prefer adviser

in the same contexts.

And what does all this mean for our two contenders?

(You didn't think we'd just give up on a bit, did you?)

It means that we have no knockout,

but based on the number of punches adviser landed,

adviser is today's champion.

Advisor is down a few teeth,

but will live to see another fight,

and has its passionate defenders in the meanwhile.

You have several choices going forward:

you can use the reigning champion, adviser,

in keeping with the majority and your spellchecker;

or you can sidewith advisor,

in fealty to the underdog; or you can choose one for general use

and apply whichever is used within a particular organization

for those contexts.

What fate decides in the coming rematch is (sort of) in your hands.

The A-Z of Correct English Common Errors in English Dictionary

Adviser or advisor?

Adviser is the traditionally correct British spelling.

Advisor is more common in American English.