Provocateur vs Provoke - What's the difference?
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One who engages in provocative behavior.
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An undercover agent who incites suspected persons to partake in or commit criminal acts.
to cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
* Bible, Eph. vi. 4
to bring about a reaction.
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(obsolete) To appeal.
Provoke is a related term of provocateur.
As a noun provocateur
is one who engages in provocative behavior.As a verb provoke is
to cause someone to become annoyed or angry.provocateur
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(Agent provocateur)Noun
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provoke
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Verb
(provok)- Don't provoke the dog; it may try to bite you.
- Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.
- To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it, what it provokes in his own soul.
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- (Dryden)
