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Incented vs Incended - What's the difference?

incented | incended |

As verbs the difference between incented and incended

is that incented is (incent) while incended is (incend).

incented

English

Verb

(head)
  • (incent)

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    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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    incended

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (incend)

    • incend

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To inflame; to excite.
    • (Marston)
    (Webster 1913)