Information vs. Advice — What's the Difference?

Facts provided or learned about something.

An opinion or suggestion about future actions.

Details or data about something.

Counsel given to guide behavior or choice.

News or updates about events.

A formal notice of a decision or recommendation.

Information can be thought of as the resolution of uncertainty; it answers the question of "What an entity is" and thus defines both its essence and the nature of its characteristics. The concept of information has different meanings in different contexts.

Guidance or recommendations based on one's knowledge or opinion.

Knowledge or facts learned, especially about a certain subject or event.

Suggestions about what actions should be taken.

The act of informing or the condition of being informed; communication of knowledge

Opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem; counsel.

(Computers) Processed, stored, or transmitted data.

Often advices Information communicated; news

A numerical measure of the uncertainty of an experimental outcome.

(uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.

(Law) A formal accusation of a crime made by a public officer rather than by grand jury indictment in instances in which the offense, if a federal crime, is not a felony or in which the offense, if a state crime, is allowed prosecution in that manner rather than by indictment.

Deliberate consideration; knowledge.

That which resolves uncertainty; anything that answers the question of "what a given entity is".

Information or news given; intelligence

Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.

(countable) In language about financial transactions executed by formal documents, an advisory document.

The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification.

(uncountable) In commercial language, information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange

A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate; in the UK, used to inform a magistrate of an offence and request a warrant; in the US, an accusation brought before a judge without a grand jury indictment.

A communication providing information, such as how an uncertain area of law might apply to possible future actions

(obsolete) The act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation.

Counseling to perform a specific legal act.

The systematic imparting of knowledge; education, training.

Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.

The creation of form; the imparting of a given quality or characteristic; forming, animation.

In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.

[…] the meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its representation.

An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.

(Christianity) Divine inspiration.

Deliberate consideration; knowledge.

A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber.

Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; - commonly in the plural.

(information theory) Any unambiguous abstract data, the smallest possible unit being the bit.

Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.

As contrasted with data, information is processed to extract relevant data.

A proposal for an appropriate course of action

(information technology) Any ordered sequence of symbols (or signals) (that could contain a message).

The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

Any fact or set of facts, knowledge, news, or advice, whether communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; any datum that reduces uncertainty about the state of any part of the world; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction.

A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offense against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalf of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand jury. See Indictment.

A measure of the number of possible choices of messages contained in a symbol, signal, transmitted message, or other information-bearing object; it is usually quantified as the negative logarithm of the number of allowed symbols that could be contained in the message; for logarithms to the base 2, the measure corresponds to the unit of information, the hartley, which is log210, or 3.323 bits; called also information content. The smallest unit of information that can be contained or transmitted is the bit, corresponding to a yes-or-no decision.

Useful facts, as contrasted with raw data; as, among all this data, there must be some interesting information.

A message received and understood

A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn;

Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction

(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome;

Formal accusation of a crime

Knowledge gained through study, experience, or communication.

The resolution of uncertainty.

The primary purpose of Information is to provide facts or details about a subject.

Not necessarily. It's crucial to consider the source and context of advice before acting on it.

The source of advice is crucial because advice from experienced or expert individuals is typically more reliable.

Typically, Information is objective and neutral, while Advice is subjective.

Yes, as new research emerges or situations change, Information can evolve.

Advice offers guidance or recommendations on possible actions.

Providing false or misleading information can lead to misunderstandings, wrong decisions, and in some contexts, legal implications.

Not all advice is beneficial, as it's based on the giver's perspective, which may not always align with the receiver's best interests.

Yes, both Information and Advice can be found online, but it's essential to verify the credibility of the sources.

People often seek advice from individuals with expertise or experience in a particular field.

Yes, one can provide Information without offering any advice on what to do with that information.

Both carry responsibility: Information for its accuracy and Advice for its potential consequences.

Information presents facts about a subject, while Advice offers guidance on actions based on those facts.

While advice is often informed by information, it's also influenced by personal opinions and experiences.

Professions like law, medicine, and financial services require a clear distinction between providing information and giving advice.