Inspire and Provoke

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Inspire

Inspire verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.

Usage example: the rousing campaign speech inspired everyone to get out the vote

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Provoke is a synonym for inspire in encourage topic. In some cases you can use "Provoke" instead a verb "Inspire", when it comes to topics like cause, arouse.

Nearby Words: inspiration, inspiring, inspirational

Provoke

Provoke verb - To rouse to strong feeling or action.

Usage example: bees generally will not sting unless they are provoked

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Inspire is a synonym for provoke in arouse topic. You can use "Inspire" instead a verb "Provoke", if it concerns topics such as cause, start, rouse, goad.

Nearby Words: provocation, provoking

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Common collocations

reaction	inspire reaction	provoke reaction
character	inspire character	provoke character
rage	inspire rage	provoke rage
people	inspire people	provoke people
Other words: kind, fear, someone, characters, rebellion, jealousy, soldiers, reactions.

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