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provoke vs injure

injure vs provoke

provoke and injure both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
provoke No No Yes No
injure No No Yes No
As verbs, injure is a hyponym of provoke; that is, injure is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than provoke:
  • provoke: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  • injure: hurt the feelings of
Other hyponyms of provoke include strike a chord, touch a chord, ask for, invite, draw, rekindle, infatuate, 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, offend, spite, wound, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, interest, whelm.
provoke (verb) injure (verb)
provide the needed stimulus for cause injuries or bodily harm to
evoke or provoke to appear or occur cause damage or affect negatively
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) hurt the feelings of
annoy continually or chronically
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