Consultant vs. Lawyer — What's the Difference?

A consultant (from Latin: consultare "to deliberate") is a professional (also known as Expert, Specialist, see variations of meaning below) who provides advice and further purposeful activities in an area of specialization.

A lawyer or attorney is a person who practices law, as an advocate, attorney at law, barrister, barrister-at-law, bar-at-law, canonist, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solicitor, legal executive, or public servant preparing, interpreting and applying the law, but not as a paralegal or charter executive secretary. Working as a lawyer involves the practical application of abstract legal theories and knowledge to solve specific individualized problems, or to advance the interests of those who hire lawyers to perform legal services.

One who gives expert or professional advice.

One whose profession is to give legal advice and assistance to clients and represent them in court or in other legal matters.

One who consults another.

A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)

A person or party that is consulted.

A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.

A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.

(by extension) A legal layman who argues points of law.

A senior hospital-based physician or surgeon who has completed all specialist training and has been placed on the specialist register in their chosen speciality, roughly equivalent to an attending physician in North America.

The burbot.

An expert who gives advice.

The stem of a bramble.

An expert who gives advice;

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To practice law.

(intransitive) To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.

(intransitive) To make legalistic arguments.

To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something.

One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.

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A professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice