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Incent vs Trackback - What's the difference?

incent | trackback |

As a verb incent

is (us) to provide an incentive to (a person or organization).

As a noun trackback is

(uncountable|computing) a method to keep track of links to content, especially blog entries.

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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    trackback

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (software, Internet, blogging) A protocol for a system that allows a blogger to see who has seen the original post and has written another entry concerning it.

    • See also

    * (wikipedia "TrackBack")

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