Incented vs Indented - What's the difference?
incented | indented |
(incent)
(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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(indent)
Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.
* 1599 , , IV. iii. 113:
(heraldry) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.
Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.
(zoology) Notched along the margin with a different color, like the feathers of some birds.
As verbs the difference between incented and indented
is that incented is (incent) while indented is (indent).As an adjective indented is
cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.incented
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(head)Anagrams
*incent
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(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
*indented
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(en adjective)- (Milton)
- it unlinked itself / And with indented glides did slip away / Into a bush:
- an indented border or ordinary
- an indented servant