 MIA6 wrote: |
1. What's the difference among 'entice, bait, provoke, stimulate and incite'? Which are negative? Which are positive?
2. What's the difference among 'constant, persistent and insistent'?
Knowing the differences of those words are really important for me, hope you can help me. Thanks.
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Ok... first off it's 'what's the difference
between. Now then...
1. Entice and stimulate are both positive, I assume you have looked up their meanings. You entice your lover to bed, you stimulate learning in a child. Bait, provoke and incite are all negative. You bait someone into a trap, you provoke someone into violence or you incite hatred against someone.
2. Constant is the only real positive there, if any. You keep a constant interest, whereas you are persistant in your annoyance and are insistent that your views be heard.