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Induce vs Actuate - What's the difference?

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Induce is a related term of actuate.


In lang=en terms the difference between induce and actuate

is that induce is to cause, bring about, lead to while actuate is to incite to action; to motivate.

As verbs the difference between induce and actuate

is that induce is to lead by persuasion or influence; incite while actuate is to activate, or to put into motion; to animate.

induce

English

Verb

(induc)
  • To lead by persuasion or influence; incite.
  • *
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  • To cause, bring about, lead to.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 20, author=Nathan Rabin, work=The Onion AV Club
  • , title= TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992) , passage=A mere glance at the plot descriptions of the show’s fourth season is enough to induce Pavlovian giggle fits and shivers of joy. }}
  • (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
  • (logic) To infer by induction.
  • (obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce.
  • (obsolete) To draw on, place upon.
  • Synonyms

    * (to cause) bring about, instigate, prompt, stimulate, trigger, provoke

    Antonyms

    * (logic) deduce

    Anagrams

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    References

    * * ----

    actuate

    English

    Verb

    (actuat)
  • To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
  • * Johnson
  • Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion.
  • To incite to action; to motivate.
  • * 1748 . HUME, David Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 11.
  • A man in a fit of anger, is actuated in a very different manner from one who only thinks of that emotion.
  • * Addison
  • Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it.

    Derived terms

    * actuator

    See also

    * actualise, actualize ----