Advice and Warning

Advice

Advice noun - An opinion suggesting a wise or proper course of action.
Usage example: we got some good advice from the vet about dealing with our dog's habit of chasing cars

Warning is a synonym for advice in instruction topic. In some cases you can use "Warning" instead a noun "Advice", when it comes to topics like recommendation.

Nearby Words: advise, advised, advisable

Warning

Warning noun - The act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk.
Usage example: she delivered a strict warning that anyone who was caught stealing would be fired
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Synonyms for Warning

Advice is a synonym for warning in notice of possible occurrence topic. You can use "Advice" instead a noun "Warning".

Nearby Words: warn, warned

How words are described

good good advice good warning
exact exact advice exact warning
specific specific advice specific warning
standard standard advice standard warning
Other adjectives: helpful, friendly, legal, honest, accurate, real, cryptic, little, sincere, important, meaningful, vague, general, last, earlier, previous, parental.

Both words in one sentence

  • A character scornfully dismisses a warning or advice for restraint by repeating the word that represents the advice, then the same word with its beginning replaced with "schm-".
    Source: Word Schmord
  • Film / The Muppets Genre Savvy: A traditional part of the Muppet films/acts is that they know they're in a film, so Walter, The Big Bad, Mary, everyone really gets an oppourtunity to make No Fourth Wall jokes or give a warning/advice based on how previous Muppet films have gone.
  • Video Game / Radiant Silvergun This Is Gonna Suck: Every boss in Radiant Silvergun (well, maybe except for the first boss) is preceded by a warning screen with three pieces of cryptic advice.
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