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Activate vs Arouse - What's the difference?

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Activate is a related term of arouse.


As verbs the difference between activate and arouse

is that activate is to put into action, to put to work while arouse is to stimulate feelings.

activate

English

Verb

(activat)
  • To put into action, to put to work.
  • To turn on.
  • Synonyms

    * actuate

    Antonyms

    * deactivate

    arouse

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To stimulate feelings.
  • :
  • :
  • *
  • *:“?My tastes,” he said, still smiling, “?incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet.” And, to tease her and arouse her to combat?: “?I prefer a farandole to a nocturne?; I'd rather have a painting than an etching?; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;.”
  • *{{quote-book, year=1913, author=
  • , chapter=5, title= Lord Stranleigh Abroad , passage=She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination.}}
  • To sexually stimulate.
  • :
  • To wake from sleep or stupor.
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  • See also

    * arousal * aroused

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