Evoke vs Activate - What's the difference?
evoke | activate |
To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
To put into action, to put to work.
To turn on.
As verbs the difference between evoke and activate
is that evoke is to cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc) in someone's mind or imagination while activate is to put into action, to put to work.evoke
English
Verb
- 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.