Provoke vs. Provocate

Provokeverb

(transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.

Provokeverb

(transitive) To bring about a reaction.

Provokeverb

(obsolete) To appeal.

Provokeverb

To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate.

Provokeverb

To cause provocation or anger.

Provokeverb

To appeal. [A Latinism]

Provokeverb

call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);

Provokeverb

call forth;

Provokeverb

provide the needed stimulus for

Provokeverb

annoy continually or chronically;

Provocateverb

(nonstandard) To provoke

Provocateverb

To call forth

Provocateverb

To challenge