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Entrapment vs Incitement - What's the difference?

entrapment | incitement |

As nouns the difference between entrapment and incitement

is that entrapment is the state of being entrapped while incitement is a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion.

entrapment

English

Noun

  • The state of being entrapped.
    • The entrapment of the victims in the wreckage made rescue difficult.
  • (legal) Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.
    • A detective asking you to buy illegal marijuana for a dying man would be police entrapment .
  • (chemistry) A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.

    • incitement

    English

    Alternative forms

    * encitement

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion.