Summon vs Invite - What's the difference?
summon | invite |
To call people together; to convene.
* 2007 . Zerzan, John. Silence .
To ask someone to come; to send for.
* November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, "
(legal) To order someone to appear in court, especially by issuing a summons.
To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
To request formally.
To encourage.
* 1902 , Roosevelt,
To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
* Milton
* Dryden
* Cowper
As verbs the difference between summon and invite
is that summon is to call people together; to convene while invite is to ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.As nouns the difference between summon and invite
is that summon is call, command, order while invite is an invitation.summon
English
(wikipedia summon)Verb
(en-verb) (transitive)- Silence is primary, summoning presence to itself; so it's a connection to the realm of origin.
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- City will feel nonplussed when they review the tape and Pellegrini had to summon all his restraint in the post-match interviews.
Derived terms
* summons * summon upinvite
English
Verb
- We invited our friends round for dinner.
- I invite you all to be seated.
- I always invite criticism of my definitions.
- Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.
- The refusal to maintain such a navy would invite trouble, and if trouble came would insure disaster.
- to inveigle and invite the unwary sense
- shady groves, that easy sleep invite
- There no delusive hope invites despair.