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Induce vs Conduce - What's the difference?

induce | conduce |

As verbs the difference between induce and conduce

is that induce is to lead by persuasion or influence; incite while conduce is to contribute or lead to a specific result.

induce

English

Verb

(induc)
  • To lead by persuasion or influence; incite.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.}}
  • 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

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    conduce

    English

    Verb

    (conduc)
  • To contribute or lead to a specific result.
  • * Macaulay
  • He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both.
  • * , chapter=19
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare.}}
  • * 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 85:
  • There was thus a strong tendency to assume that obedience to God's commandments could conduce to prosperity and safety.
  • * 2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 343:
  • Anecdotes aside, many historians are skeptical that trade, as a general rule, conduces to peace.