Incite vs Encourage - What's the difference?
incite | encourage |
To rouse, stir up or excite.
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
To spur on, strongly recommend.
To foster, give help or patronage
Encourage is a synonym of incite.
As verbs the difference between incite and encourage
is that incite is to rouse, stir up or excite while encourage is to mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.incite
English
Verb
(incit)- The judge was told by the accused that his friends had to incite him to commit the crime.
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* ----encourage
English
Verb
(encourag)- I encouraged him during his race.
- We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.
- ''The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed