Thoughtforfood said:e·lic·it/iˈlisit/Verb
1. Evoke or draw out (a response or fact) from someone by actions or questions: "their moves elicit exclamations of approval".
2. Draw forth (something that is latent or potential) into existence: "war elicits all that is bad in us".
so·lic·it/səˈlisit/Verb
1. Ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone.
2. Ask (someone) for something: "he solicited the critic's opinion".
He was not asking for a response. He was making a statement meant to get a response. You can keep arguing, but you are wrong. Admit it and move on. It's a fine line, and you are on the wrong side of it.
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It depends on the source of your definition dufus.
To solicit a response is to request it. To elicit a response is to get it.
If you create a post that is deliberately provocative, it solicits a response.
Get it?
Let me guess, you are a student of some sort? These sort of things are important when you are trying to make your way in the world.
When you get out into the real world, not so much.