Supplicate vs Invoke - What's the difference?
supplicate | invoke |
To humble oneself before (another) in making a request; to beg or beseech.
To entreat for; to ask for earnestly and humbly.
To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
(Oxford University) To request that an academic degree is awarded at a ceremony.
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.
In transitive terms the difference between supplicate and invoke
is that supplicate is to address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant while invoke is to solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.supplicate
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Verb
(en-verb)- to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel
- to supplicate the Deity
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.