Instigated vs Incite - What's the difference?
instigated | incite |
(instigate)
To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite.
To rouse, stir up or excite.
As verbs the difference between instigated and incite
is that instigated is (instigate) while incite is .instigated
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Verb
(head)instigate
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(Webster 1913)Verb
(instigat)- He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent of their malignity. -Bp. Warburton.
Usage notes
Commonly used with reference to evil actions; as, to instigate one to a crime.Synonyms
* (to goad or urge forward): animate, encourage, impel, incite, provoke, spur, stimulate, tempt, urgeAntonyms
* (to goad or urge forward): halt, prevent, stopDerived terms
* instigation * instigatorExternal links
* * ----incite
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Verb
(incit)- The judge was told by the accused that his friends had to incite him to commit the crime.