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Provocative vs Peppery - What's the difference?

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Provocative is a related term of peppery.


As adjectives the difference between provocative and peppery

is that provocative is serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating while peppery is having the taste of pepper.

As a noun provocative

is .

provocative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
  • Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1723 , Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury :
    • She used by way of Provocative , to read the wanton Verses of her (Paramour) in the day time [...].
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    peppery

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having the taste of pepper.
  • Having a fiery temperament.
    • a peppery old Army major
  • *1884 ,
    • For I'm a peppery potentate, \ Who's little inclined his claim to bate, \ To fit the wit of a bit of a chit, \ And that's the long and the short of it!