Conjure vs. Invoke — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Conjure and Invoke
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Conjure
To summon (a devil or spirit) by magical or supernatural power.
Invoke
To call on (a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration
"Stretching out her hands she had the air of a Greek woman who invoked a deity" (Ford Madox Ford).
Conjure
To influence or effect by or as if by magic
Tried to conjure away the doubts that beset her.
Invoke
To appeal to or cite in support or justification.
Conjure
To call or bring to mind; evoke
"Arizona conjures up an image of stark deserts for most Americans" (American Demographics).
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Invoke
To call for earnestly; solicit
Invoked the help of a passing motorist.
Conjure
To imagine; picture
"a sight to store away, then conjure up someday when they were no longer together" (Nelson DeMille).
Invoke
To summon with incantations; conjure.
Conjure
(Archaic) To call on or entreat solemnly, especially by an oath.
Invoke
To resort to; use or apply
"Shamelessly, he invokes coincidence to achieve ironic effect" (Newsweek).
Conjure
To perform magic tricks, especially by sleight of hand.
Invoke
(Computers) To activate or start (a program, for example).
Conjure
To summon a devil by magic or supernatural power.
Invoke
(transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
Conjure
To practice black magic.
Invoke
(transitive) 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 drought.
Conjure
See hoodoo.
Invoke
(transitive) To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
Conjure
Of or practicing folk magic
A conjure woman.
Invoke
(transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
In certain Christian circles, invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.
Conjure
(intransitive) To perform magic tricks.
He started conjuring at the age of 15, and is now a famous stage magician.
Invoke
(transitive) To conjure up with incantations.
This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.
Conjure
(transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.
Invoke
(transitive) To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.
Conjure
To practice black magic.
Invoke
To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.
Conjure
To enchant or bewitch.
Invoke
To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing.
Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . . . Invoke his warlike spirit.
Conjure
(transitive) To evoke. en
Invoke
Evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic;
Raise the specter of unemployment
He conjured wild birds in the air
Stir a disturbance
Call down the spirits from the mountain
Conjure
(transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.
Invoke
Cite as an authority; resort to;
He invoked the law that would save him
I appealed to the law of 1900
She invoked an ancient law
Conjure
To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.
Invoke
Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection;
Appeal to somebody for help
Invoke God in times of trouble
Conjure
To conspire or plot.
Conjure
(African American Vernacular English) The practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.
Conjure
To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.
I conjure you, let him know,Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it.
Conjure
To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate.
Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sonsConjured against the Highest.
Conjure
To affect or effect by conjuration; to call forth or send away by magic arts; to excite or alter, as if by magic or by the aid of supernatural powers.
The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the devil into.
Conjure
To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm.
She conjures; away with her.
Conjure
Evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic;
Raise the specter of unemployment
He conjured wild birds in the air
Stir a disturbance
Call down the spirits from the mountain
Conjure
Ask for or request earnestly;
The prophet bid all people to become good persons
Conjure
Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together;
They conspired to overthrow the government
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