Foment and Pick

Foment

Foment verb - To bring (something volatile or intense) into being.
Usage example: John Adams's wife, Abigail, told him that if women were not remembered by the new American government, they would “foment a Rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation”

Pick and foment are semantically related In some cases you can use "Pick" instead a verb "Foment".

Nearby Words: fomentation, fomenting

Pick

Pick verb - To bring (something volatile or intense) into being.
Usage example: he seems to be trying to pick a fight

Foment and pick are semantically related in provoke topic. Sometimes you can use "Foment" instead a verb "Pick".

Nearby Words: pickle, picky, picked, picket, pickup

Common collocations

fight foment fight pick fight
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