Elicit and Provoke

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Elicit

Elicit verb - Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).

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Provoke is a synonym for elicit in induce topic. In some cases you can use "Provoke" instead a verb "Elicit", when it comes to topics like arouse, extort, evoke. popular alternative

Nearby Word: eliciting

Provoke

Provoke verb - Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).

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Elicit is a synonym for provoke in arouse topic. You can use "Elicit" instead a verb "Provoke", if it concerns topics such as start, induce, rouse, evoke. popular alternative

Nearby Words: provocation, provoking

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Common collocations

reaction	elicit reaction	provoke reaction
response	elicit response	provoke response
anger	elicit anger	provoke anger
kind	elicit kind	provoke kind
Other words: fear, effect, information, confession, laughter, responses, reactions, giggles.

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