Provoke vs Bait - What's the difference?
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to cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
* Bible, Eph. vi. 4
to bring about a reaction.
* J. Burroughs
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(obsolete) To appeal.
Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.
A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
A light or hasty luncheon.
To attract with bait; to entice.
To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
* Washington Irving
To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
:to bait''' a bear with dogs; to '''bait a bull
To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.
*, Bk.V, Ch.ix:
*:And than they com into a lowe medow that was full of swete floures, and there thes noble knyghtes bayted her horses.
Of a horse or other animal: to take food, especially during a journey.
*, II.22:
*:King Cyrus , that he might more speedily receave news from al parts of his Empire (which was of exceeding great length), would needs have it tried how far a horse could in a day goe outright without baiting , at which distance he caused stations to be set up, and men to have fresh horses ready for al such as came to him.
To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
*Milton
*:Evil news rides post, while good news baits .
*Evelyn
*:My lord's coach conveyed me to Bury, and thence baiting at Newmarket.
(obsolete) To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.
* Shakespeare
In transitive terms the difference between provoke and bait
is that provoke is to bring about a reaction while bait is to intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.As a noun bait is
any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.provoke
English
Verb
(provok)- Don't provoke the dog; it may try to bite you.
- Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.
- To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it, what it provokes in his own soul.
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- (Dryden)
Synonyms
* (bring about a reaction) bring about, discompose, egg on, engender, evoke, grill, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, invoke, rouse, set off, stir up, whip upDerived terms
* provocation * provocativebait
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bait, beite, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- (Fairfax)
Usage notes
Used in Geordie dialect of English to denote your lunch at work as opposed to other meals. Also used in East Anglian dialect of English to denote a small meal taken mid-morning while farming, and in the North of England to denote a snack taken by miners to eat while working.Derived terms
* baiting * flamebait * jailbait * shark baitReferences
* * * * *Verb
(en verb)- a crooked pin bailed with a vile earthworm
Usage notes
* This verb is sometimes confused in writing with the rare verb (bate), which is pronounced identically; in particular, the expression (with bated breath) is frequently misspelled *(term) by writers unfamiliar with the verb (bate).Etymology 2
From (etyl) baiten, beiten, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)See also
*Etymology 3
(etyl) battre de l'aile'' or ''des ailes , to flap or flutter.Verb
(en verb)- Kites that bait and beat.