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What is the difference between consultant and advisor?

An advisor gives advice. He can do it as a job, or he can do it informally. You can have a professional political advisor, who gives advice to politicians, a financial advisor (who can work for a company or have his own practice), or many other types of professional advisors. But an advisor does not have to be a professional. Very often, an immigrant has a friend or relative who tells him what he should do, how to stay out of trouble, how to handle his money, etc. That person is also an advisor, because he gives advice.A consultant is someone you whom you consult about something and you pay him for his advice. You can consult him for advice (in which case he is also an advisor), for technical services, or for other kinds of work.

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Question added by OUBAICHE ZAHIRA , Finance Manager , HYFLUX
Date Posted: 2015/12/08
عمرو حامد محمد نصر balba
by عمرو حامد محمد نصر balba , Consultant Engineer , Cooperative office for Civil Engineering Consulting

Advisor or Adviser means "مستشار " is someone intellectual who gives you professional advises . ex: Financial Adviser , Immigration Adviser

Consultant means "استشاري " is someone professional who you give the Work to do and you may make delegation for him for work management and problem solving. 

ex: Consultant Engineer ,Sales Consultant ,Tax Consultant ,...etc

Consultant is a person who provides expert advice professionally. Advisor is a person who gives advice in a particular field. Both are more or less the same. Basically, the consultants give advice on how to improve upon a situation.

emesha navaratne
by emesha navaratne , Leasing Coordinator , Homes2Rent Real-estate

Consultants are problem solvers. They excel at developing and selling ideas, and they can be great simplifiers.

Good advisors, though, often muddy the waters, leaving their clients with a new and often broader perspective. They are better problem-definers than solvers. At their best, they contribute to strengthening their clients capacity to solve their own problems.

Advisors can provide an early-warning about emerging problems, signals often missed by a consultant's sharp focus on eliminating the problem at hand.

Ahmad Alhusainy
by Ahmad Alhusainy , consulting , Self-employed

Consultant are problem solvers, however advisors are problem definers 

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