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Enlist vs Induce - What's the difference?

enlist | induce |

In lang=en terms the difference between enlist and induce

is that enlist is to recruit the aid or membership of others while induce is to cause, bring about, lead to.

As verbs the difference between enlist and induce

is that enlist is to enter on a list; to enroll; to register while induce is to lead by persuasion or influence; incite.

enlist

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
  • To join a cause or organization, especially military service.
  • The army wants potential soldiers to enlist .
  • To recruit the aid or membership of others.
  • We enlisted fifty new members.
  • To secure, to obtain.
  • They enlisted government's support.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
  • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. … .”}}

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    induce

    English

    Verb

    (induc)
  • To lead by persuasion or influence; incite.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.}}
  • To cause, bring about, lead to.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 20, author=Nathan Rabin, work=The Onion AV Club
  • , title= TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992) , passage=A mere glance at the plot descriptions of the show’s fourth season is enough to induce Pavlovian giggle fits and shivers of joy. }}
  • (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
  • (logic) To infer by induction.
  • (obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce.
  • (obsolete) To draw on, place upon.
  • Synonyms

    * (to cause) bring about, instigate, prompt, stimulate, trigger, provoke

    Antonyms

    * (logic) deduce

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