Incur vs Insure - What's the difference?
incur | insure |
To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.
* 1891 , Henry Graham Dakyns (translator), The works of Xenophon , ",
* 1910 , ,
(chiefly, legal) To render somebody liable or subject to.
* 1861 , ,
(obsolete) To enter or pass into.
(obsolete) To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger.
To render liable or subject to; to occasion.
* Chapman
To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.
To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance
(chiefly, US) : To make sure or certain of; guarantee.
* 1787 , ,
: To give confidence in the trustworthiness of.
In lang=en terms the difference between incur and insure
is that incur is to render liable or subject to; to occasion while insure is to deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance.As verbs the difference between incur and insure
is that incur is to bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to while insure is to provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.incur
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Alternative forms
* encurVerb
(incurr)- [T]he master in his wrath may easily incur worse evil himself than he inflicts—[...]
- And here it is to be noted that hatred is incurred as well on account of good actions as of bad;
- The least neglect of duty will incur [...] the penalty of thirty-nine well laid on in the morning.
- Lest you incur me much more damage in my fame than you have done me pleasure in preserving my life.
Synonyms
* (To bring down or expose oneself to) encounter, contract * (render liable or subject to) occasionAnagrams
*insure
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Verb
- I'm not insured against burglary.
- ''We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
- He insured me that there would be no further delays.