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Incite vs Incentivize - What's the difference?

incite | incentivize |

As verbs the difference between incite and incentivize

is that incite is to rouse, stir up or excite while incentivize is to provide incentives for; to encourage.

incite

English

Verb

(incit)
  • To rouse, stir up or excite.
  • The judge was told by the accused that his friends had to incite him to commit the crime.

    Anagrams

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    incentivize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * incentivise

    Verb

    (incentiviz)
  • (transitive, US, business, economics) To provide incentives for; to encourage.
  • :The US government seeks to incentivize home ownership through a favorable tax system.
  • (transitive, US, business, economics) To provide incentives to.
  • :They effectively incentivized people to overinvest in home ownership.
  • Usage notes

    * Used relatively more than (incent) to refer to the use of systems of incentives.

    Antonyms

    * disincentivize