Exhort vs Invoke - What's the difference?
exhort | invoke | Related terms |
To urge; to advise earnestly.
* Bible, Acts ii. 40
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To call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
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To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
To conjure up with incantations.
To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
(computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
* C++ lets you invoke an operator function either by calling the function or by using the overloaded operator with its usual syntax. — Stephen Prata.
As verbs the difference between exhort and invoke
is that exhort is to urge; to advise earnestly while invoke is to call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.exhort
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Verb
(en verb)- With many other words did he testify and exhort .
- Let me exhort you to take care of yourself.
- Asked if he had any message for the living he exhorted all who were still at the wrong side of Maya to acknowledge the true path for it was reported in devanic circles that Mars and Jupiter were out for mischief on the eastern angle where the ram has power.
- Perhaps because he was determined to make up for having walked out on them, perhaps because Harry’s descent into listlessness galvanized his dormant leadership qualities, Ron was the one now encouraging and exhorting the other two into action.
Synonyms
* See also * imploreDerived terms
* exhortation * exhortativeinvoke
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Alternative forms
* envokeVerb
(invok)- In certain Christian circles invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.
- This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.
- Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.
- The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another draught.
- Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.