Induce vs Conduce - What's the difference?
induce | conduce |
To lead by persuasion or influence; incite.
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, 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= (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.
To contribute or lead to a specific result.
* Macaulay
* , chapter=19
, title= * 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 85:
* 2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 343:
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
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Verb
(induc)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. }}
Synonyms
* (to cause) bring about, instigate, prompt, stimulate, trigger, provokeAntonyms
* (logic) deduceAnagrams
*References
* * ----conduce
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Verb
(conduc)- He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both.
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.}}
- There was thus a strong tendency to assume that obedience to God's commandments could conduce to prosperity and safety.
- Anecdotes aside, many historians are skeptical that trade, as a general rule, conduces to peace.
