Goad and Nudge

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Goad verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.

Usage example: tried to goad me into auditioning for the play

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Nudge and goad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nudge" instead a verb "Goad".

Nearby Words: goaded, goading

Nudge verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.

Usage example: the car salesman nudged me into taking a test-drive, even though I had said that I was just looking

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Goad and nudge are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Goad" instead a verb "Nudge".

people	goad people	nudge people
rest	goad rest	nudge rest
little	goad little	nudge little
brother	goad brother	nudge brother
Other words: player, protagonist.

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