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Evade vs Evict - What's the difference?

evade | evict |

As verbs the difference between evade and evict

is that evade is while evict is to expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.

evade

English

Verb

(evad)
  • To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument.
  • The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles. — .
  • To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
  • Evading from perils. — .
    Unarmed they might / Have easily, as spirits evaded swift / By quick contraction or remove. — .
  • To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
  • ''The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these ... ways. — .

    Synonyms

    * equivocate * shuffle * dodge

    Derived terms

    * evadible * evasible * evasion * evasive

    See also

    * prevaricate ----

    evict

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
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