Exhort vs. Extort

Exhortverb

To urge; to advise earnestly.

Exhortverb

To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or caution.

Exhortverb

To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds.

Exhortnoun

Exhortation.

Exhortverb

urge on or encourage especially by shouts;

Exhortverb

force or impel in an indicated direction;

Extortverb

(transitive) To take or seize off an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity

Extortverb

To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.

Extortverb

To twist outwards.

Extortadjective

(obsolete) Wrongfully obtained.

Extortverb

To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.

Extortverb

To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2.

Extortverb

To practice extortion.

Extortadjective

Extorted.

Extortverb

obtain through intimidation

Extortverb

obtain by coercion or intimidation;

Extortverb

get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner