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Entice vs Incentivize - What's the difference?

entice | incentivize |

As verbs the difference between entice and incentivize

is that entice is to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope while incentivize is to provide incentives for; to encourage.

entice

English

Verb

(entic)
  • To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
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    I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.

    See also

    * beguile * tempt * seduce

    References

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    incentivize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * incentivise

    Verb

    (incentiviz)
  • (transitive, US, business, economics) To provide incentives for; to encourage.
  • :The US government seeks to incentivize home ownership through a favorable tax system.
  • (transitive, US, business, economics) To provide incentives to.
  • :They effectively incentivized people to overinvest in home ownership.
  • Usage notes

    * Used relatively more than (incent) to refer to the use of systems of incentives.

    Antonyms

    * disincentivize