Difference between Solicit and Tap

What is the difference between Solicit and Tap?

Solicit as a verb is to persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event. while Tap as a verb is to furnish with taps.

Solicit

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event. To woo; to court. To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior. To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment. To make a petition. To disturb or trouble; to harass.

Tap

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To furnish with taps.To draw off liquid from a vesselTo place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.To intercept a communication without authority.To cut an internal screw thread.To have sexual intercourse with.To strike lightly.To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.To make a sharp noise.To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.A device used to dispense liquids.A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.Device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.A repeated touching of one's hands, foot or other body part.

Example sentence: Your body is like a piece of dynamite. You can tap it with a pencil all day, but you'll never make it explode. You hit it once with a hammer: Bang! Get serious. Do 40 hard minutes, not an hour and half of nonsense. It's so much more rewarding.

We hope you now know whether to use Solicit or Tap in your sentence.

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