Difference between Activates and Set Off

ACTIVATES vs SET OFF: NOUN

Make active or more active
Aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
Make more adsorptive
Put in motion or move to act
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of activate.
Make (substances) radioactive

Set in motion or cause to begin
Direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
Make up for
Provoke or stir up
Cause to explode
Put in motion or move to act
Leave
To leave; to begin a journey or trip.
To begin; to cause; to initiate.
To cause to explode.
To make angry.
To offset, to compensate for: to reduce the effect of, by having a contrary effect.

Enables, Energizes, Elicits, Actuates, Initiates, Triggers, Trigger off, Touch off, Spark off, Trip, Set off, Spark, Aerate, Actuate, Trigger

Explode, Accent, Cancel, Detonate, Trip, Stress, Actuate, Activate, Offset, Depart, Blow up, Bring out, Take off, Set forth, Set out

Check, Select, Commemorates, Enable, Active, Operates, Furthers, Selects, Enables, Actuates, Triggers, Trip, Set off, Spark, Trigger

Trigger, Start, Accentuate, Explode, Accent, Cancel, Trip, Stress, Activate, Offset, Depart, Blow up, Bring out, Take off, Set out

Frequent repetition activates semantic memory for religious teachings.
Activates the Office mobile app license to edit.
When selected, activates status monitoring for the device.
Review of Historical Mining Activates and Risk Assessment.
Home mode activates the door and window sensors, while Away mode activates both the entry sensors and the motion sensors.
Active Raf phosphorylates and activates MEK, which phosphorylates and activates the ERKs.
The hypothalamus activates the pituitary gland, which in turn activates the adrenal glands, increasing their secretion of cortisol.
One button activates the voice dialer and another activates the camera.
Actions Activates upon Special Summon Adds from Deck to hand Activates from your Graveyard.
An increase in AMP: ATP activates AMPKK which phosphorylates and activates AMPK.

His blood set off the breaking off a seal which resurrected the Devil.
Also, almost all note components are set off by commas, and almost all bibliographic components are set off by periods.
After dropping off the kids at their tuition we set off for Cheras with our GPS in hand.
If successful, wild dust storms will set off and set the scene for a final stand.
Nonessential dependent clauses should be set off by commas from the rest of the sentence; essential dependent clauses are not set off by commas.
Set on and set off of allocable surplus in payment.
Set on and set off of allocable surplus.
Program OFF: Repeat b steps to set off day and time.
Legal set off is the set off of mutual debts which are due and payable in the same right.
Truth of a situation off, you start a trip: set off meaning that set the photo to!