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)
- The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something
- Something that provokes; a provocative act
- (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)
- 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)
- Happening without provocation or motivation.
- An unprovoked attack.
Translations
Adverb
unprovoked (comparative more unprovoked, superlative most unprovoked)
- Without provocation or motivation.
- He attacked me, suddenly, unprovoked.
Verb
unprovoked
- simple past tense and past participle of unprovoke
References
- “unprovoked”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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