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Bhowmik:
advice vs advise
Advice is a noun, which means an opinion that someone offers you about what you should do or how you should act in a particular situation.

For example: "I need someone to give me some advice."

Advise is a verb, which means to give information and suggest types of action.

For example: "I advise everybody to be nice to their teacher."

!Note - In British English the noun form often ends in ...ice and the verb in ...ise.

aunoo:
SIR .......i couldn't understand the meaning of ambivalent ..........i found that the meaning is coexistence of opposing feeling....... there was also written equivalent.........is this synonym...?....

faizun:
Sir,
 its really a helpful post. Please continue posting on this topic.


with regards,
Faizun Nesa
Lecturer of CSE
FSIT

Bhowmik:
Dear Anu,

Ambivalent
---having or showing both good and bad feelings about Somebody or Something

* She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job.
* He has as ambivalent attitude towards her.
Ambivalence is the noun form.


Equivalent= Adjective
----equal in value, amount, meaning, importance, etc


* 250 grams or an equivalent amount in ounces.
* Eight kilometres is roughly equivalent to five miles.
Equivalence is the noun form.



Let me know if you need any further help.

Bhowmik:
Faizun Nesa Madam,


Thanks for your feedback. Please, feel free to suggest me any thing.

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