Beckon vs Invoke - What's the difference?
beckon | invoke |
(ambitransitive) To wave and/or to nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.
* Dryden
* Shakespeare
To call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
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To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
To conjure up with incantations.
To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
(computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
* C++ lets you invoke an operator function either by calling the function or by using the overloaded operator with its usual syntax. — Stephen Prata.
As verbs the difference between beckon and invoke
is that beckon is (ambitransitive) to wave and/or to nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer while invoke is to call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.As a noun beckon
is a sign made without words; a beck.beckon
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Verb
(en verb)- His distant friends, he beckons near.
- It beckons you to go away with it.
invoke
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Alternative forms
* envokeVerb
(invok)- In certain Christian circles invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.
- This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.
- Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.
- The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another draught.
- Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.
