Solicit vs Cadge - What's the difference?
solicit | cadge |
To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
* Alexander Pope
To woo; to court.
To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior.
* Milton
* Locke
To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment.
To make a petition.
(archaic) To disturb or trouble; to harass.
To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
* Ford
(obsolete, rare) To disturb; to disquiet.
* Chapman
* Dryden
(Geordie) To beg.
(US, British, slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince someone to do something they might not normally do.
To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
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(UK, Scotland, dialect) To carry, as a burden.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg.
As verbs the difference between solicit and cadge
is that solicit is to persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event while cadge is (geordie) to beg.As a noun cadge is
(falconry) a circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.solicit
English
Verb
(en verb)- to solicit alms, or a favour
- I view my crime, but kindle at the view, / Repent old pleasures, and solicit new.
- Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?
- That fruit solicited her longing eye.
- Sounds and some tangible qualities solicit their proper senses, and force an entrance to the mind.
- If you want to lose your virginity, you should try to solicit some fine looking women.
- My girlfriend tried to solicit me for sex, but I was tired.
- Should / My brother henceforth study to forget / The vow that he hath made thee, I would ever / Solicit thy deserts.
- Hath any ill solicited thine ears?
- But anxious fears solicit my weak breast.
Synonyms
* request * plead * appeal * thig * supplicateExternal links
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*cadge
English
Verb
- "Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?"
- (Halliwell)
- (Wright)
