Emanate vs Elicit - What's the difference?
emanate | elicit |
To come from a source; issue from.
* De Quincey
(rare) To send or give out; manifest.
To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason; deduce; construe.
(obsolete) Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.
* Jeremy Taylor
As verbs the difference between emanate and elicit
is that emanate is to come from a source; issue from while elicit is to evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.As an adjective elicit is
(obsolete) elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.emanate
English
Verb
(emanat)- Fragrance emanates from flowers.
- that subsisting from of government from which all special laws emanate
External links
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* ----elicit
English
Verb
(en verb)- Fred wished to elicit the time of the meeting from Jane.
- ''Did you elicit a response?
See also
* illicitAdjective
(-)- An elicit act of equity.