Implore vs. Urge — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Implore and Urge
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Definitions
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