Incite vs Provocate - What's the difference?
incite | provocate |
To rouse, stir up or excite.
(nonstandard) To provoke
To call forth
To challenge
As verbs the difference between incite and provocate
is that incite is to rouse, stir up or excite while provocate is (nonstandard) to provoke.incite
English
Verb
(incit)- The judge was told by the accused that his friends had to incite him to commit the crime.