Evoke vs Whet - What's the difference?
evoke | whet | Related terms |
To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.
* Milton
* Byron
To stimulate or make more keen.
* Shakespeare
* 2003-10-20 , Naomi Wolf,
The act of whetting something.
That which whets or sharpens; especially, an appetizer.
* Spectator
* sips, drams, and whets
Evoke is a related term of whet.
As verbs the difference between evoke and whet
is that evoke is to cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc) in someone's mind or imagination while whet is to hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.As a noun whet is
the act of whetting something.evoke
English
Verb
- 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
* *whet
English
Verb
(whett)- The mower whets his scythe.
- Here roams the wolf, the eagle whets his beak.
- to whet one's appetite or one's courage
- Since Cassius first did whet me against Caesar, / I have not slept.
The Porn Myth], [http://nymag.com/ New York Magazine
- In the end, porn doesn’t whet men’s appetites—it turns them off the real thing.
