Provoke vs Heckle - What's the difference?
provoke | heckle |
to cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
* Bible, Eph. vi. 4
to bring about a reaction.
* J. Burroughs
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(obsolete) To appeal.
To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses.
To insult, tease, make fun of or badger.
In lang=en terms the difference between provoke and heckle
is that provoke is to bring about a reaction while heckle is to insult, tease, make fun of or badger.As verbs the difference between provoke and heckle
is that provoke is to cause someone to become annoyed or angry while heckle is to question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses.provoke
English
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)
Synonyms
* (bring about a reaction) bring about, discompose, egg on, engender, evoke, grill, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, invoke, rouse, set off, stir up, whip upDerived terms
* provocation * provocativeheckle
English
Verb
(heckl)- Promise that you won't heckle me after my performance.
