advice vs clue

advice

noun
  • A communication providing information, such as how an uncertain area of law might apply to possible future actions 

  • Counseling to perform a specific legal act. 

  • In commercial language, information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange 

  • In language about financial transactions executed by formal documents, an advisory document. 

  • An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful. 

  • Counseling to perform a specific illegal act. 

  • In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached. 

clue

noun
  • Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion. 

  • An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence. 

  • Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick) 

verb
  • To provide with a clue. 

  • To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up"). 

How often have the words advice and clue occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )