The difference between Appeal and Invoke
When used as verbs, appeal means to accuse (someone of something), whereas invoke means to call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
Appeal is also noun with the meaning: an application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review.
check bellow for the other definitions of Appeal and Invoke
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Appeal as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To accuse (someone of something).
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Appeal as a verb (transitive, legal, chiefly, US, informal elsewhere):
To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination or for decision.
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Appeal as a verb (intransitive):
To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.
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Appeal as a verb (intransitive):
To call on (someone) for aid
Examples:
"I appeal to all of you to help the orphans."
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Appeal as a verb (intransitive):
To be attractive.
Examples:
"That idea appeals to me."
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Appeal as a verb (intransitive, cricket):
To ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that" or "Howzat".
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Appeal as a verb:
To summon; to challenge.
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Appeal as a verb:
To invoke.
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Appeal as a noun (legal):
An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review. The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. The right of appeal. An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public. An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver.
Examples:
"rfquotek Tomlins"
"rfquotek Bouvier"
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Appeal as a noun:
A summons to answer to a charge.
Examples:
"rfquotek John Dryden"
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Appeal as a noun (cricket):
A call to a person or an authority for help, proof or a decision; entreaty. The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
Examples:
"He made an appeal for volunteers to help at the festival."
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Appeal as a noun:
Resort to physical means; recourse.
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Appeal as a noun:
The power to attract or interest.
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Invoke as a verb (transitive):
To call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
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Invoke as a verb (transitive):
To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
Examples:
"In certain Christian circles, invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof."
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Invoke as a verb (transitive):
To conjure up with incantations.
Examples:
"This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub."
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Invoke as a verb (transitive):
To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
Examples:
"Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath."
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Invoke as a verb (transitive):
To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
Examples:
"The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another drought. "
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Invoke as a verb (transitive, computing):
To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
Examples:
"Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines."