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provoke vs infatuate

infatuate vs provoke

provoke and infatuate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
provoke No No Yes No
infatuate No No Yes No
As verbs, infatuate is a hyponym of provoke; that is, infatuate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than provoke:
  • provoke: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  • infatuate: arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
Other hyponyms of provoke include strike a chord, touch a chord, ask for, invite, draw, rekindle, prick, fire up, heat, ignite, inflame, stir up, wake, excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir, excite, anger, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset, shame, bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, interest, whelm.
provoke (verb) infatuate (verb)
provide the needed stimulus for arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
evoke or provoke to appear or occur
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
annoy continually or chronically
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