Advocate vs recommend

Hello everyone.
What is the difference in meaning between the sentences below? Are they grammatically correct?

As a languages graduate myself, I would advocate to anyone who wants to study languages to do/doing so.
As a languages graduate myself, I would recommend to anyone who wants to study languages doing so


This is what I think :
I would advocate = I support the idea of doing something.
I would recommend = I think that doing <something> would be good or suitable.

Is the structure to "advocate someone to do something correct"?


< Edited to write out 'something' in full. Cagey, moderator >
Thanks

To advocate is (like a lawyer) to argue in favour of something. It's stronger than a recommendation.