Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Evoke"

A: It means to bring some event up from your memory. You replay it in your mind. It lasts longer than just remembering, where you placed your keys.

A: it means to call forward, or bring something upward.

A: “To bring about”. Usually it is used in talking about emotion or a reaction.

“I was so moved while watching that romantic movie. It really evokes strong emotions”
“The book evoked so much sadness that the reader actually began to cry”

A: An easy way to explain the two in your example...

a) "numbers evoke specific colors" means a number triggers your brain to think of a color. For example, if you have synesthesia, and you see the number 5, you'll automatically think of the color red.

b) "associate numbers with colors" means your brain builds a connection/relationship between a number and a color.

Therefore, the two expressions have close meanings.

A: That smell evokes memories of my mother’s baking.
Her inappropriate dress evokes consternation from the master of ceremonies.
My nightmare evoked a feeling that I need to lock the door.

A: That smell always evokes memories of my old school.

a detergent designed to evoke the fresh smell of summer  meadows

A: Evoke means to bring to mind or recall something
For example:
"Does it evoke any memories?"
"Does it bring back any memories?"

A: When I’ve been under a lot of stress, I usually treat myself to a bubble bath to try to evoke a greater sense of well-being.

In my opinion, some directors of horror movies really cross the line just to evoke a sense of terror in the audience.

Despite the soft, calm quality of the music, it failed to evoke the sense of peacefulness I so desperately needed after my crazy day at work.

A: "The smell of cooking always evokes happy memories for me."

これは「リコール」を意味します

"evoke" also has two other meanings which are used less often.

A: both of them means to recall but in evoke it means you recall the good memories only

A: “evoke” refers to bringing about something, usually emotions. an example sentence would be “this film evokes certain emotions whenever i watch it”

the phrase “ring a bell” has both a literal and figurative meaning. Literally it means ringing a bell, like in “he rang the doorbell.” but figuratively it means something that sounds familiar. so for example if you hear a name that doesn’t sound familiar to you, you can say “that doesn’t ring a bell, sorry”

A: "Provoke" someone to take some sort of ACTION, that's usually negative.
For example:
The kid's teasing provoked him to hit to hit the kid.

For positive actions, we'd say "inspire" or "motivate".

"Evoke" and " arouse" are about cause a certain emotion.The difference between them is that there are certain collocations we almost always use with "arouse", like arouse somebody’s interest or curiosity. Also "arouse" is strongly associated with sexual excitement.
For example:
Reading Dostoevsky aroused my curiosity about Russia.
The man was aroused by the woman's provocative attire.

"Evoke" is used other emotions, but it is often perfectly fine to use "arouse" as well.
For example:
Trump's presidency has evoked/aroused a lot of anger.

A: Yes. A reaction of aggression or retaliation would warrant the use of "provoke". Images of starving children in the aftermath of war may be said to evoke feelings of sympathy!

A: shared sense 是一致共同的感受吧