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Incants vs Incents - What's the difference?

incants | incents |

As verbs the difference between incants and incents

is that incants is (incant) while incents is (incent).

incants

English

Verb

(head)
  • (incant)

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    incant

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To state solemnly, to chant.
  • To recite an incantation.

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    incents

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (incent)

    • incent

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (US) To provide an incentive to (a person or organization).
    • We need to incent people to innovate more.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 24, author=Damon Darlin, title=At Intuit, What Comes After Taxes?, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=We try to incent people to do it earlier, which levels the load.}}
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  • (US) To provide an incentive for (something).
    • We need to incent more innovation.
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    • Usage notes

    * Less common than incentivize at COCA. * Used relatively more than (incentivize) to refer to providing an incentive for an individual action.

    Related terms

    * incentivize * incentivise

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