List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 410

SYNONYMS: urge, press, exhort, prod, prick.
These verbs mean to constrain or impel to action.

Urge implies strong pressure or persuasion: Urged by an extreme necessity, he had come there to steal food. We urged her to reconsider the offer, but she refused.
Press suggests greater insistence, urgency, or importunity: He hesitated long, but as everyone pressed him in turn, he yielded at last.
Exhort stresses the use of earnest, urgent, often stirring admonition, advice, or appeal: He exhorted his crews to take a good night's rest.
To prod is to goad to action as if by poking with a pointed instrument: She worked hard but often needed to be prodded.
Prick suggests driving as if with a spur: Honor pricks me on.