What is the difference between a professor and an advisor?

What is the difference between a professor and an advisor?

A professor is a professional who is teaching in the classroom and offers the course content and assesses students performance and gives a grade. They are also able to assist students with issues surrounding their major or their interests, their professional interests beyond college. But often times the professors does not know the details or really is not qualified to go into specifics about the future beyond that particular class. That's where the advisor comes in. The advisor can be a faculty member, but it is not necessarily someone who teaches classes. The advisors job is to assist the students with questions such as: How does this class help me graduate? How does this class fit into my major pattern? How does this class help me when I graduate and get out there and work? And what kinds of jobs can I have with this major?