Invoke vs Herald - What's the difference?
invoke | herald |
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.
A messenger, especially one bringing important news.
A harbinger, giving signs of things to come.
(heraldry) An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king of arms.
(entomology) A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix .
In lang=en terms the difference between invoke and herald
is that invoke is to solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude while herald is to proclaim or announce an event.As verbs the difference between invoke and herald
is that invoke is to call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance while herald is to proclaim or announce an event.As a noun herald is
a messenger, especially one bringing important news.invoke
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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.
Synonyms
* invocate * (sense) call, execute, runDerived terms
* invokerExternal links
* *herald
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Noun
(en noun)- The herald blew his trumpet and shouted that the King was dead.
- Daffodils are heralds of Spring.
- Rouge Dragon is a herald at the College of Arms.