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evocation vs imagery

imagery vs evocation

evocation and imagery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
evocation Yes No No No
imagery Yes No No No
As nouns, imagery is a hypernym of evocation; that is, imagery is a word with a broader meaning than evocation:
  • evocation: imaginative re-creation
  • imagery: the ability to form mental images of things or events
Other hypernyms of evocation include imagination, imaging, mental imagery.
evocation (noun) imagery (noun)
imaginative re-creation the ability to form mental images of things or events
stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations
Difference between evocation and imagery

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