advice and advise - the difference
| Advice is a noun. It means a suggestion for a beneficial course of action. Advise is a verb. It means to give advice. |
Advice and AdviseThere is often confusion over the words advice and advise.AdviceThe word advice is a noun meaning a suggestion for a beneficial course of action.(Advice rhymes with mice.) Examples:  Take my
advice. I don't use it anyway. 
He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give
it.
Many receive advice,
but only the wise profit from it.
AdviseThe word advise is a verb meaning to give advice. (It rhymes with prize.) To advise can also mean to notify (e.g., I advised him I was leaving.)Examples: I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do
it.
The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the
compliment.
Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise
you.
Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise
them.
Select the correct version:
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A LITTLE TRICK TO SPOT ADVICE
Try using the word assistance instead of advice. If the sentence still makes sense, then advice is almost certainly correct. (This trick works because advice is a noun, just like the word assistance.) I offered
my advice.
I offered
my assistance.
A LITTLE TRICK TO SPOT ADVISE Try using the verb to assist (in its various forms, e.g., assisting, assisted, assists) instead of advise. If the sentence still makes sense, then advise is almost certainly correct. However, if you find yourself trying to use assistance, then you should be using advice (because both are nouns). (This trick works because to advise is a verb, just like to assist.) Are you
trying to advise me?
Are you
trying to assist me?
I do not
need your advise. 
I do not
need your assistance.
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See also:
What are nouns?
What are verbs?
List of easily confused words