Provocate vs Prevaricate - What's the difference?
provocate | prevaricate |
(nonstandard) To provoke
To call forth
To challenge
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous.
(legal) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
(legal, UK) To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
As verbs the difference between provocate and prevaricate
is that provocate is (nonstandard) to provoke while prevaricate is (transitive|intransitive|obsolete) to deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).provocate
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(provocat)Usage notes
* This word is usually an error for provoke by non-native speakers. ----prevaricate
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(prevaricat)- The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.
