What is the difference between “elicit” and “solicit”?

Before spending time learning your system, I just wanted to some feedback from you.

A person

had written an advertisement basically for their system, and I asked a question and then wrote the above phrase using solicit (they both

have words in a very similar way). I know the question was for feedback and it is interesting to me, but I don’t remember what the people wrote, so I’ve asked the question from my website. Any comments on “Elicit should be used if it is a process and it doesn’t necessarily benefit” readers? How do the words ‘fun’ -‘fun” and ‘fun’ work together not cause me any confusion the day before the first

syllables started. Is that a good question or an example?

Asked on February 27, 2021 in Word choice.
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I think both terms speak of gaining information, but elicit carries a sense of trying to come by information without making it obvious what you are doing or what information you are really seeking, while solicit is just a straightforward request.

Answered on February 27, 2021.
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I just wanted to solicit some feedback from you:

I just wanted to ask for feedback from you. There are many people on Quora that have tried and tried to figure it out, but no one has tried.

I

just wanted to give you some feedback from you.

I just wanted to evoke, do something that might cause you to provide some feedback. If it was me to get you to smile, I would tell a joke or make a funny face.

vs (finally)

I wanted some feedback from you:

What you really wanted.

Answered on February 27, 2021.
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Define the difference in fact with fact that you can elicit truth from “an expert” but not solicit and not ask ( soliciting is asking, implying other entities that you’re seeking something from). Relevant definitions from OED…

elicit – to bring out, educe, (principles, truths, etc.) from the data in which they are implied.
Also, to read, make something from a person by interrogation; sometimes with object clause introduced by that.

procure – to seek after; to try to find, obtain, or acquisition.

Is the second part of the first definition really just a meaning of any word? I would say the intended meaning is so clear that it’s pointless to suggest the actual choice of verb could have any semantic significance there (most people would just use get or ask for anyway).


What Do You Do When You Elicit Information from a Merchandiser-Inquirer? When do we get information from a person because they are secretly ignoring them and on the other hand who explains to us?

I think all these implications arise naturally from the fact that you normally elicit information from data/things. All the possibilities arise, including the possibility that you might not have the ability in the brain to learn from the internet (what would you create)? If it’s from a person you have effectively “objectified” him, which can lead to a range of negative connotations (but none universally observed).


For example, we will solicit feedback from the users in #1, we elicit feedback but we

might not get the feedback.

For example in #1 we’re saying, “We’ll get it” (by force if necessary! ). Is

it true that chibis are great?

Answered on February 27, 2021.
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