Incent vs Vincent - What's the difference?
incent | vincent |
(US) To provide an incentive to (a person or organization).
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 24, author=Damon Darlin, title=At Intuit, What Comes After Taxes?, work=New York Times
, 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).
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* 2002 (Kate Atkinson), Not the End of the World , Doubleday, ISBN 0385604726, page 203:
*:Even their names hinted at a childishness they would never grow out of. When Vincent' himself was grown-up, he wondered if this was why they had given their unlooked-for son such a mature name - although later still ' Vincent suspected that he might have been named for the Vincent Rapide motorbike. As with most things to do with Billy and Georgie, it was too late to ask.
As a verb incent
is (us) to provide an incentive to (a person or organization).As a noun vincent is
the victim or dupe in a betting game, especially bowls.incent
English
Verb
(en verb)- We need to incent people to innovate more.
citation
- We need to incent more innovation.
Usage notes
* Less common than incentivize at COCA. * Used relatively more than (incentivize) to refer to providing an incentive for an individual action.Anagrams
*vincent
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Starry starry night.
- Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
- Swirling clouds in violet haze
- Reflect in Vincent' s eyes of china blue.