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Beget vs Instigate - What's the difference?

beget | instigate |

As verbs the difference between beget and instigate

is that beget is to cause; to produce while instigate is to goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite.

beget

English

Verb

  • To cause; to produce.
  • To father (rarely: to mother); to sire; to produce (a child).
  • To happen to; befall.

    • Quotations

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    Related terms

    * begettal, unbegot, unbegotten

    See also

    * sire

    References

    * * English irregular verbs

    instigate

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (instigat)
  • To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite.
    • 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, urge

    Antonyms

    * (to goad or urge forward): halt, prevent, stop

    Derived terms

    * instigation * instigator

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