different between invite vs coax

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French inviter, from Latin inv?t?.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?nv?t', IPA^(key): /?n?va?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t

Verb

invite (third-person singular simple present invites, present participle inviting, simple past and past participle invited)

1. (transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.

   We invited our friends round for dinner.

2. (transitive) To request formally.

   I invite you all to be seated.

3. (transitive) To encourage.

   I always invite criticism of my definitions.

   Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.

   • 1902, Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's Second State of the Union Address

     The refusal to maintain such a navy would invite trouble, and if trouble came would insure disaster.

4. (transitive) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
   • shady groves, that easy sleep invite

   • 1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error

     There no delusive hope invites despair.

Synonyms

• (ask for the presence or participation of): ask out
• (request formally): ask, beseech, entreat, request
• (encourage): ask for, encourage, provoke

Related terms

• invitee
• inviter

Translations

Etymology 2

From the verb invite.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?n'v?t, IPA^(key): /??nva?t/

Noun

invite (plural invites)

1. (informal) An invitation.

Translations

Asturian

Verb

invite

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of invitar

French

Verb

invite

1. inflection of inviter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Adjective

inv?te

1. vocative masculine singular of inv?tus

References

• invite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• invite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• invite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [in?vite]

Verb

invite

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of invita
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of invita

Spanish

Verb

invite

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of invitar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of invitar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of invitar.

English

Etymology 1

originally (1586) in the slang phrase to make a coax of, from earlier noun coax, cox, cokes "fool, simpleton", itself of obscure origin, perhaps related to cock (“male bird, pert boy”). The modern spelling is from 1706.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??ks/
• (US) enPR: k?ks, IPA^(key): /ko?ks/
• Homophones: Cokes, cokes

Verb

coax (third-person singular simple present coaxes, present participle coaxing, simple past and past participle coaxed)

1. (obsolete) To fondle, kid, pet, tease.
2. (transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
   • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift

     On paper, Continental Drift boasts a jaw-dropping voice cast, including but not limited to Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Alan Tudyk. But in practice, the overstuffed ensemble leaves the cast no room to distinguish themselves, and directors Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier don’t seem interested in coaxing performances that might render their money stars less identifiable.

3. (transitive) To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.

Synonyms

• (to fondle): caress, grope, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle
• (persuade gradually): cajole, canoodle, persuade, wheedle
• (manipulate carefully into position): ease

Translations

Noun

coax (plural coaxes)

1. (obsolete) A simpleton; a dupe.

   • Go, you're a brainless Coax, a Toy, a Fop, I'll go no farther than your Name, Sir Gregory

Etymology 2

Shortened from coaxial

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??æks/
• (US) enPR: k???ks, IPA^(key): /ko?æks/

Noun

coax (countable and uncountable, plural coaxes)

1. Short for coaxial cable.

Adjective

coax (not comparable)

1. Clipping of coaxial.

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “coax”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• coxa

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.aks/

Noun

coax m (plural coax)

1. coax (coaxial cable)

Synonyms

• coaxial
• câble coaxial