Provocative vs Provoker - What's the difference?
provocative | provoker |
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 :
As nouns the difference between provocative and provoker
is that provocative is something that provokes an appetite, especially a sexual appetite; an aphrodisiac while provoker is a person who provokes; a troublemaker.As an adjective provocative
is serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.provocative
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Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en noun)- She used by way of Provocative , to read the wanton Verses of her (Paramour) in the day time [...].