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Invoice vs Invoke - What's the difference?

invoice | invoke |

In lang=en terms the difference between invoice and invoke

is that invoice is to bill; to issue an invoice while invoke is to solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.

As verbs the difference between invoice and invoke

is that invoice is to bill; to issue an invoice while invoke is to call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.

As a noun invoice

is a bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with an invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms.

invoice

Noun

(en noun)
  • a bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with. An invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms.
  • The lot or set of goods as shipped or received.
  • The merchant receives a large invoice of goods.

    Synonyms

    * (lot or set of goods) shipment

    Verb

    (invoic)
  • to bill; to issue an invoice
  • invoke

    English

    Alternative forms

    * envoke

    Verb

    (invok)
  • 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.
  • In certain Christian circles invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.
  • To conjure up with incantations.
  • This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.
  • To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
  • Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.
  • To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
  • The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another draught.
  • (computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
  • Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.
  • * C++ lets you invoke an operator function either by calling the function or by using the overloaded operator with its usual syntax. — Stephen Prata.
  • Synonyms

    * invocate * (sense) call, execute, run

    Derived terms

    * invoker