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Partake vs Provocateur - What's the difference?

partake | provocateur |

As a verb partake

is (formal) to take part in an activity; to participate.

As a noun provocateur is

one who engages in provocative behavior.

partake

English

Verb

  • (formal) To take part in an activity; to participate.
  • * John Locke
    • Brutes partake in this faculty.
  • To take a share or portion (of).
    • Will you partake of some food?
  • (obsolete) To have something of the properties, character, or office (of).
  • * Francis Bacon
    • The attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster partakes partly of a judge, and partly of an attorney-general.

    provocateur

    English

    (Agent provocateur)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who engages in provocative behavior.
  • * {{quote-news, 2007, February 28, Daniel J. Wakin, City Opera Lures Director From Paris, New York Times citation
    • , passage=Gerard Mortier, an iconoclastic impresario and one of the opera world’s premier provocateurs , will become general manager and artistic director of the New York City Opera in 2009.}}
  • An undercover agent who incites suspected persons to partake in or commit criminal acts.