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Incitement vs Agitation - What's the difference?

incitement | agitation |

As nouns the difference between incitement and agitation

is that incitement is a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion while agitation is .

incitement

English

Alternative forms

* encitement

Noun

(en noun)
  • A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion.

    • agitation

    English

    (wikipedia agitation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.
    • After a storm the sea is in agitation .
  • A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation.
    • She causes great agitation within me.
  • Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
    • ''the antislavery agitation
    ''labor agitation
    After this conflict pro-independence agitation temporarily died down.
  • * (rfdate) :
  • Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
  • * (rfdate) :
  • * (rfdate) :

    • Synonyms

    * emotion, commotion, excitement, trepidation, tremor, perturbation

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