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Incites vs Provocateur - What's the difference?

incites | provocateur |

As a verb incites

is (incite).

As a noun provocateur is

one who engages in provocative behavior.

incites

English

Verb

(head)
  • (incite)
  • Anagrams

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    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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    provocateur

    English

    (Agent provocateur)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who engages in provocative behavior.
  • * {{quote-news, 2007, February 28, Daniel J. Wakin, City Opera Lures Director From Paris, New York Times citation
  • , passage=Gerard Mortier, an iconoclastic impresario and one of the opera world’s premier provocateurs , will become general manager and artistic director of the New York City Opera in 2009.}}
  • An undercover agent who incites suspected persons to partake in or commit criminal acts.