Associate vs. Advocate

Associate vs. Advocate — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Associate and Advocate

Associateadjective

Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status.

He is an associate editor.

Advocatenoun

Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.

Associateadjective

Having partial status or privileges.

He is an associate member of the club.

Advocatenoun

Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.

Associateadjective

Following or accompanying; concomitant.

Advocatenoun

A person who speaks in support of something.

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Associateadjective

Connected by habit or sympathy.

associate motions: those that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions

Advocatenoun

A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.

''Since she started working with her advocate, she has become much more confident.

Associatenoun

A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner.

Advocateverb

(transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.

Associatenoun

Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.

Advocateverb

(transitive) To encourage support for something.

I like trees, but I do not advocate living in them.
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Associatenoun

A companion; a comrade.

Advocateverb

To engage in advocacy.

We have been advocating for changes in immigration law.

Associatenoun

One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.

Advocatenoun

a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

Associatenoun

A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.

Advocatenoun

a lawyer who pleads cases in court

Associatenoun

(algebra) One of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of the other with a unit).

Advocateverb

push for something;

The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day

Associateverb

(intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association.

Advocateverb

speak, plead, or argue in favour of;

The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house

Associateverb

(intransitive) To spend time socially; keep company.

She associates with her coworkers on weekends.

Associateverb

(transitive) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.

Associateverb

(transitive) To connect or join together; combine.

particles of gold associated with other substances

Associateverb

(transitive) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.

Associateverb

To endorse.

Associateverb

(mathematics) To be associative.

Associateverb

To accompany; to be in the company of.

Associatenoun

a person who joins with others in some activity;

he had to consult his associate before continuing

Associatenoun

a person who is frequently in the company of another;

drinking companionscomrades in arms

Associatenoun

any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another;

first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate

Associatenoun

a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies

Associateverb

make a logical or causal connection;

I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mindcolligate these factsI cannot relate these events at all

Associateverb

keep company with; hang out with;

He associates with strange peopleShe affiliates with her colleagues

Associateverb

bring or come into association or action;

The churches consociated to fight their dissolution

Associateadjective

having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status;

an associate memberan associate professor