Provocative vs Intoxicating - What's the difference?
provocative | intoxicating | Synonyms |
Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest.
* 1723 , Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury :
(of a substance) Able to intoxicate; an intoxicant.
Very exciting and stimulating, especially as if by alcohol or some stimulant.
Provocative is a synonym of intoxicating.
As adjectives the difference between provocative and intoxicating
is that provocative is serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating while intoxicating is (of a substance) able to intoxicate; an intoxicant.As a noun provocative
is .As a verb intoxicating is
.provocative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en noun)- She used by way of Provocative , to read the wanton Verses of her (Paramour) in the day time [...].