Provoked vs Triggered - What's the difference?
provoked | triggered |
(provoke)
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.
Having a trigger that reacts to some specific condition.
(trigger)
As verbs the difference between provoked and triggered
is that provoked is past tense of provoke while triggered is past tense of trigger.As an adjective triggered is
having a trigger that reacts to some specific condition.provoked
English
Verb
(head)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)