Advise
Advise verb - To give advice to.
Usage example: a popular guidance counselor who has been advising students about their college plans for two decades
Lead
Lead verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.
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Both words in one sentence
- His arc is one of understanding the situation and his role in the present story is advise and lead those on the thorny path of inter-race relationships and hatred, explaining why the (mostly) human Straw Hats defeating Hody will cause even more problems.
Source: One Piece / Tropes C to D - Xana will actually advise you to do this instead of freeing the Demon Sovereign, since by that point she'd rather follow your lead than his.
Source: I Can Rule Alone -
Cassidy's attempt to stop telling people what to do lead to Clayton and Maxwell getting arrested for doing something stupid after she refused to advise them.
Source: Laser-Guided Karma
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