Coerce vs Incite - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between coerce and incite

is that coerce is to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb while incite is .

(coerc)

To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

to use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against his will.

(computing) to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

* compel * bully * dragoon

* coercion * coercer * coercee * coercible

(incit)

To rouse, stir up or excite.

The judge was told by the accused that his friends had to incite him to commit the crime.

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