Elicit vs. Evoke — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Elicit and Evoke
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Elicit
To call forth, draw out, or provoke (a response or reaction, for example)
"Interrogators were reportedly frustrated by their inability to elicit useful information from him" (Jane Mayer).
Evoke
To give rise to; draw forth; produce
Words that evoked a smile.
Actions that evoked mistrust.
Elicit
To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
Evoke
To call to mind, as by suggestion, association, or reference
Songs that evoke old memories.
A speech that evoked the words of Jefferson.
Elicit
To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
Fred wished to elicit the time of the meeting from Jane.
Did you elicit a response?
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Evoke
To create anew, especially by means of the imagination
A novel that accurately evokes the Depression.
Elicit
To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason
Evoke
To summon by magical or supernatural power; conjure.
Elicit
(obsolete) Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.
Evoke
To call out; to draw out or bring forth.
Elicit
Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.
Evoke
To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
Being here evokes long forgotten memories.
Seeing this happen equally evokes fear and anger in me.
The book evokes a detailed and lively picture of what life was like in the 19th century.
Elicit
To draw out or entice forth; to bring to light; to bring out against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to elicit truth by discussion.
Evoke
To elicit a response.
Elicit
Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);
Arouse pity
Raise a smile
Evoke sympathy
Evoke
To call out; to summon forth.
To evoke the queen of the fairies.
A regulating discipline of exercise, that whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted.
Elicit
Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning);
We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant
Evoke
To call away; to remove from one tribunal to another.
Elicit
Derive by reason;
Elicit a solution
Evoke
Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);
Arouse pity
Raise a smile
Evoke sympathy
Evoke
Call forth;
Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple
Evoke
Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning);
We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant
Evoke
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
Evoke
Call to mind or evoke
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