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Evade vs Evoke - What's the difference?

evade | evoke |

As verbs the difference between evade and evoke

is that evade is while evoke is to cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc) in someone's mind or imagination.

evade

English

Verb

(evad)
  • To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument.
    • The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles. — .
  • To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
    • Evading from perils. — .
    Unarmed they might / Have easily, as spirits evaded swift / By quick contraction or remove. — .
  • To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
    • ''The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these ... ways. — .

    Synonyms

    * equivocate * shuffle * dodge

    Derived terms

    * evadible * evasible * evasion * evasive

    See also

    * prevaricate ----

    evoke

    English

    Verb

  • To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
    • Being here evokes long forgotten memories.
    Seeing this happen equally evokes fear and anger in me.
    The book evokes a detailed and lively picture of what life was like in the 19th century.

    Derived terms

    * *

    Related terms

    * evocate