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Incentive vs Endorse - What's the difference?

incentive | endorse |

As verbs the difference between incentive and endorse

is that incentive is while endorse is to support, to back, to give one's approval to, especially officially or by signature.

As a noun endorse is

(heraldiccharge) a diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.

incentive

English

(wikipedia incentive)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].}}
  • A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder.

    • Antonyms

    * disincentive

    Derived terms

    * incentivise/incentivize, tax incentive

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.
  • * Dr. H. More
    • Competency is the most incentive to industry.
  • Serving to kindle or set on fire.
  • * Milton
    • Part incentive reed / Provide, pernicious with one touch of fire.

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    endorse

    English

    (Endorsement)

    Alternative forms

    * indorse

    Verb

  • To support, to back, to give one's approval to, especially officially or by signature.
  • To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.
  • To give an endorsement.

    • Derived terms

    * disendorse * endorsement

    Related terms

    * dorsal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (heraldiccharge) A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.

    • Usage notes

    When a narrow, vertical stripe appears in a coat of arms, it is usually termed a (pallet) when used as the primary charge in the absence of a pale''. The term ''endorse'' is typically used only when the stripes flank a central and wider ''pale''. Diminutive stripes flanking other ''ordinaries are termed (term).

    Related terms

    * endorsed

    References

    English words prefixed with en-