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Difference Between Implore and Urge

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Implore

To appeal to in supplication; beseech
Implored the tribunal to have mercy.

Urge

To force or drive forward or onward; impel.

Implore

To beg for urgently
Implored their advice in the matter.

Urge

To entreat earnestly and often repeatedly; exhort.

Implore

To make an earnest appeal.
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Urge

To advocate earnestly the doing, consideration, or approval of; press for
Urge passage of the bill.
A speech urging moderation.

Implore

(transitive)

Urge

To stimulate; excite
"It urged him to an intensity like madness" (D.H. Lawrence).

Implore

To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.

Urge

To move or impel to action, effort, or speed; spur.
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Implore

To beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something; to beseech, to entreat.

Urge

To exert an impelling force; push vigorously.

Implore

(intransitive) Often followed by for (a thing) or of (a person): to express an earnest or urgent plea.

Urge

To present a forceful argument, claim, or case.

Implore

An act of begging or pleading earnestly or urgently; an entreaty, an imploration or imploring, a plea.

Urge

The act of urging.

Implore

To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to pray to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urgency; to entreat; to beg; - followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or the person from whom it is sought.
Imploring all the gods that reign above.
I kneel, and then implore her blessing.

Urge

An impulse that prompts action or effort
Suppressed an urge to laugh.

Implore

To entreat; to beg; to prey.

Urge

An involuntary tendency to perform a given activity; an instinct
"There is a human urge to clarify, rationalize, justify" (Leonard Bernstein).

Implore

Imploration.

Urge

A strong desire; an itch to do something.
After seeing the advert for a soft drink, I had a sudden urge to buy a bottle.
Sexual urges
Repress your urges
Satisfy your urges

Implore

Call upon in supplication; entreat;
I beg you to stop!

Urge

(transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

Urge

(transitive) To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
My boss urged me to reconsider my decision to leave the company, even offering a pay rise.

Urge

(transitive) To provoke; to exasperate.

Urge

(transitive) To press hard upon; to follow closely.

Urge

(transitive) To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
To urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case

Urge

To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.
To urge an ore with intense heat

Urge

(transitive) To press onward or forward.

Urge

(transitive) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

Urge

To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight.

Urge

To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
My brother neverDid urge me in his act; I did inquire it.

Urge

To provoke; to exasperate.
Urge not my father's anger.

Urge

To press hard upon; to follow closely
Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave.

Urge

To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case.

Urge

To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.

Urge

To press onward or forward.

Urge

To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

Urge

An instinctive motive;
Profound religious impulses

Urge

A strong restless desire;
Why this urge to travel?

Urge

Force or impel in an indicated direction;
I urged him to finish his studies

Urge

Push for something;
The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day

Urge

Urge on or encourage especially by shouts;
The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers

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