Provocation vs Stimulus - What's the difference?
provocation | stimulus | Synonyms |
The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something
Something that provokes; a provocative act
(emergency medicine) The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate.
(rfc-sense) Anything that may have an impact or influence on a system.
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(rfc-sense) (physiology) Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response.
(rfc-sense) (psychology) Anything effectively impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism, including physical phenomena both internal and external to the body.
(rfc-sense) Anything that induces a person to take action.
Provocation is a synonym of stimulus.
As nouns the difference between provocation and stimulus
is that provocation is the act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something while stimulus is .provocation
English
(wikipedia provocation)Noun
(en noun)- When it's time to check for provocation ask the patient about what makes their chief complaint better or worse.
stimulus
English
(wikipedia stimulus)Noun
(stimuli)- an economic stimulus
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