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
David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
Originally devised in the mid-1990s by financial adviser Bill Bengen, the rule suggested retirees could safely withdraw 4 percent of their portfolio in the first year of retirement and then continue withdrawing the same amount, adjusted for inflation, each year after.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Of the 12 advisers who have since been appointed, many have previously expressed vaccine-skeptical views.
—Will McDuffie, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
At a Senate hearing yesterday, Debra Houry, who resigned recently as the CDC’s chief medical officer, told senators that she was discouraged by a senior adviser at the agency from providing data or asking questions about changes to the hepatitis-B recommendation.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Adviser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adviser. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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