The difference between Call and Invoke

When used as verbs, call means to request, summon, or beckon, whereas invoke means to call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.

Call is also noun with the meaning: a telephone conversation.

check bellow for the other definitions of Call and Invoke

  1. Call as a noun:

    A telephone conversation.

    Examples:

    "I received several phone calls today."

    "I received several calls today."

  2. Call as a noun:

    A short visit, usually for social purposes.

    Examples:

    "I paid a call to a dear friend of mine."

  3. Call as a noun (nautical):

    A visit by a ship or boat to a port.

    Examples:

    "The ship made a call at Southampton''."

  4. Call as a noun:

    A cry or shout.

    Examples:

    "He heard a call from the other side of the room."

  5. Call as a noun:

    A decision or judgement.

    Examples:

    "That was a good call''."

  6. Call as a noun:

    The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.

    Examples:

    "That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird."

  7. Call as a noun:

    A beckoning or summoning.

    Examples:

    "I had to yield to the call of the wild."

  8. Call as a noun:

    The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.

    Examples:

    "The Prime Minister has the call."

    "I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business."

  9. Call as a noun (finance):

    An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.

  10. Call as a noun (cricket):

    The act of calling to the other batsman.

  11. Call as a noun (cricket):

    The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)

  12. Call as a noun:

    A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).

  13. Call as a noun (computing):

    The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.

  14. Call as a noun:

    A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.

    Examples:

    "There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9."

  15. Call as a noun (poker):

    The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.

  16. Call as a noun:

    A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.

  17. Call as a noun (nautical):

    A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.

  18. Call as a noun:

    A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.

  19. Call as a noun:

    An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.

  20. Call as a noun (archaic):

    Vocation; employment; calling.

  21. Call as a noun (US, legal):

    A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.

  22. Call as a noun (informal, slang, prostitution):

    A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.

  1. Call as a verb:

    To use one's voice. To request, summon, or beckon. To cry or shout. To utter in a loud or distinct voice. To contact by telephone. To declare in advance. To rouse from sleep; to awaken. To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure.

    Examples:

    "That person is hurt; call for help!"

    "to call the roll of a military company"

    "Why don't you call me in the morning?  Why don't you call tomorrow?"

    "The captains call the coin toss."

    "After the third massive failure, John called the whole initiative."

  2. Call as a verb (intransitive):

    To visit. To pay a (social) visit . To stop at a station or port.

    Examples:

    "We could always call on a friend.  The engineer called round whilst you were away."

    "This train calls at Reading, Slough and London Paddington.  Our cruise ship called at Bristol Harbour."

  3. Call as a verb:

    To name, identify or describe. To name or refer to. Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name. To predict. To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact. To disclose the class or character of; to identify.

    Examples:

    "Why don't we dispense with the formalities. Please call me Al."

    "I'm called John.  A very tall building is called a skyscraper."

    "He called twelve of the last three recessions."

    "They call the distance ten miles.  That's enough work. Let's call it a day and nowrap go home."

  4. Call as a verb (sport):

    Direct or indirect use of the voice. (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run. (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions). To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting. To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.) To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.

    Examples:

    "I bet $800 and Jane raised to $1600. My options: call (match her $1600 bet), reraise or fold."

    "I'll call your 300, and raise to 600!"

    "My partner called two spades."

  5. Call as a verb (transitive, sometimes with ''for''):

    To require, demand.

    Examples:

    "He felt called to help the old man."

  6. Call as a verb (transitive, finance):

    To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.

  7. Call as a verb (transitive, banking):

    To demand repayment of a loan.

  8. Call as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.

    Examples:

    "A recursive function is one that calls itself."

  1. Invoke as a verb (transitive):

    To call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.

  2. 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."

  3. Invoke as a verb (transitive):

    To conjure up with incantations.

    Examples:

    "This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub."

  4. Invoke as a verb (transitive):

    To bring about as an inevitable consequence.

    Examples:

    "Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath."

  5. 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. "

  6. 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."

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