Evoke vs Originate - What's the difference?
evoke | originate |
To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
To cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate.
*1998 , James Hebert, "Banderas puts his mark on 'Zorro'", San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Jul 1998:
*:For the first time since Douglas Fairbanks Sr. originated the role in the 1920 silent "The Mark of Zorro," the hero will be played by a Hispanic actor.
*2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, page 171:
*:The financial backers who originated the Encyclopédie project in 1745 had no idea about what they were getting into.
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To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to , be derived ((from), (with)).
As verbs the difference between evoke and originate
is that evoke is to cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc) in someone's mind or imagination while originate is to cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate.evoke
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- 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.
Derived terms
* *originate
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- The scheme originated with the governor and council.