Inform and Provoke

Inform

Inform verb - To give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities.

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Provoke and inform are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Provoke" instead a verb "Inform".

Provoke verb - To rouse to strong feeling or action.

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Inform and provoke are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Inform" instead a verb "Provoke".

Nearby Words: provocation, provoking

character	inform character	provoke character
man	inform man	provoke man
people	inform people	provoke people
husband	inform husband	provoke husband
Other words: characters, doctor, enemy, soldiers.

Exposition for his team, though there are exceptions, such as when he identifies the family names of every member of a crowd of people in order to inform them, individually, that their family members have been killed to provoke them to riot.

Source: Photographic Memory

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