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Recite vs Invoke - What's the difference?

recite | invoke |

As verbs the difference between recite and invoke

is that recite is while invoke is to call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.

recite

English

Verb

(recit)
  • To repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, often before an audience
  • To list or enumerate something
  • To deliver a recitation
  • invoke

    English

    Alternative forms

    * envoke

    Verb

    (invok)
  • To call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
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  • To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
  • In certain Christian circles invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.
  • To conjure up with incantations.
  • This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.
  • To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
  • Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.
  • To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
  • The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another draught.
  • (computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
  • Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.
  • * C++ lets you invoke an operator function either by calling the function or by using the overloaded operator with its usual syntax. — Stephen Prata.
  • Synonyms

    * invocate * (sense) call, execute, run

    Derived terms

    * invoker