adviser
noun
Peggy NoonanSidney BlumenthalAndrew ChaikinLaurence A. Marschall
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What's the difference between adviser and advisor?
Adviser or advisor? It doesn't matter what your computer's spellcheck tells you, adviser and advisor are both correct. Although there is enough overlap between these two words that they are generally considered simply to be different ways to spell the same word, there are some cases in which one tends to be used more often than the other. Some people feel that advisor is more formal, and it tends to be found more often when applied to official positions, such as an advisor to a president. When referring to someone who is serving in a military role, especially when using the term as a euphemism (as when claiming that troops are actually military advisers), then adviser is somewhat more common.
Examples of adviser in a Sentence
Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
The new German nuclear bomb project was headed by the young and extremely ambitious nuclear physicist Kurt Diebner, who had served since 1939 as a scientific adviser to the German army.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Developed with the script-consultancy ScriptHop, the contest puts entrants’ work through a detailed review by readers and advisers drawn from Black’s own circle of industry veterans —including longtime friends like The Woman King scribe Dana Stevens and Meet the Parents’ Jim Herzfeld.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Representative Nancy Pelosi is expected to announce the path of her career, whether that be retirement or reelection, following a November 4 special election on a congressional redistricting ballot measure, a Pelosi adviser told Politico.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Adviser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adviser. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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