different between disobedient vs provocative

English

Etymology

From Old French desobedient; morphologically, from dis- +? obedient.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s.??bi?.d??nt/

Adjective

disobedient (comparative more disobedient, superlative most disobedient)

1. Not obedient.

Derived terms

• disobediently

Related terms

• disobedience

Translations

Noun

disobedient (plural disobedients)

1. One who disobeys.
   • 1972, Social Theory and Practice (volume 2, page 493)

     Since civil disobedients act conscientiously, Cohen believes that “extra-long prison terms will not make better men of these disobedients, nor much deter others of similar conviction.”

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French provocatif, and its source, Late Latin provocativus, from Latin provocare.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???v?k.?.t?v/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???v?k.?.t?v/

Adjective

provocative (comparative more provocative, superlative most provocative)

1. Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
2. Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest; sexy.

Related terms

• provoke
• provocation
• provocator

Related terms

• provocateur

Translations

Noun

provocative (plural provocatives)

1. (obsolescent) Something that provokes an appetite, especially a sexual appetite; an aphrodisiac. [from 15th c.]
   • 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury:

     She used by way of Provocative, to read the wanton Verses of her Paramour in the day time [...].

Latin

Adjective

pr?voc?t?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of pr?voc?t?vus