Induce vs Incentive - What's the difference?
induce | incentive |
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= (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.
Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder.
Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.
* Dr. H. More
Serving to kindle or set on fire.
* Milton
As verbs the difference between induce and incentive
is that induce is to lead by persuasion or influence; incite while incentive is .induce
English
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
* * ----incentive
English
(wikipedia incentive)Noun
(en noun)Fantasy of navigation, passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].}}
Antonyms
* disincentiveDerived terms
* incentivise/incentivize, tax incentiveAdjective
(en adjective)- Competency is the most incentive to industry.
- Part incentive reed / Provide, pernicious with one touch of fire.