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Evocate vs Evoke - What's the difference?

evocate | evoke |

Evoke is a related term of evocate.



As verbs the difference between evocate and evoke

is that evocate is to evoke while evoke is to cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.

evocate

English

Verb

(evocat)
  • (rare) To evoke
  • To call up
    • ----

    evoke

    English

    Verb

  • To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
    • Being here evokes long forgotten memories.
    Seeing this happen equally evokes fear and anger in me.
    The book evokes a detailed and lively picture of what life was like in the 19th century.

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    * evocate