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Incense vs Insense - What's the difference?

incense | insense |

As verbs the difference between incense and insense

is that incense is to anger or infuriate while insense is to make to understand; to instruct.

As a noun incense

is a perfume used in the rites of various religions.

incense

English

Noun

(wikipedia incense)
  • A perfume used in the rites of various religions.

    • Derived terms

    * incense boat * incense cedar

    Verb

  • To anger or infuriate.
    • I think it would incense him to learn the truth.
  • (archaic) To incite, stimulate.
  • To offer incense to.
    • (Chaucer)
  • To perfume with, or as with, incense.
  • * Marston
    • Incensed with wanton sweetes.
  • (obsolete) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
  • * Chapman
    • Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labour to incense / Thy glorious heap of funeral.

    insense

    English

    Verb

    (insens)
  • (UK, dialect) To make to understand; to instruct.
    • (Halliwell)
    (Webster 1913)