List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 288

SYNONYMS: persuade, induce, prevail, convince.
These verbs are compared as they mean to succeed in causing a person to do or consent to something.

Persuade means to win someone over, as by reasons, advice, urging, or personal forcefulness: Nothing can persuade her to change her mind.
To induce i s to lead, as to a course of action, by means of influence or persuasion: What induced him to commit so rash an action?
One prevails on somebody who resists: He had prevailed upon the king to spare them.
To convince is to persuade by the use of argument or evidence: We were convinced by great logic.