different between provocation vs unprovoked

provocation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French provocacion, from Late Latin provocatio, provocationem, from Latin provoco. Doublet of provokatsiya.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?p??v??ke???n/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??v??ke???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n
  • Hyphenation: prov?o?ca?tion

Noun

provocation (countable and uncountable, plural provocations)

  1. The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something
  2. Something that provokes; a provocative act
  3. (emergency medicine) The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate.
    When it's time to check for provocation ask the patient about what makes their chief complaint better or worse.

Related terms

  • provocateur
  • provocator
  • provoke

Translations


French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin provocatio, provocationem, from Latin provoco.

Pronunciation

Noun

provocation f (plural provocations)

  1. provocation

Related terms

  • provocateur
  • provoquer

Further reading

  • “provocation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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unprovoked

English

Etymology

un- +? provoked

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??np???vo?kt/
  • Hyphenation: un?pro?voked

Adjective

unprovoked (comparative more unprovoked, superlative most unprovoked)

  1. Happening without provocation or motivation.
    An unprovoked attack.

Translations

Adverb

unprovoked (comparative more unprovoked, superlative most unprovoked)

  1. Without provocation or motivation.
    He attacked me, suddenly, unprovoked.

Verb

unprovoked

  1. simple past tense and past participle of unprovoke

References

  • “unprovoked”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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