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Inducement vs Instigate - What's the difference?

inducement | instigate |

As a noun inducement

is an incentive that helps bring about a desired state.

As a verb instigate is

to goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite.

inducement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An incentive that helps bring about a desired state.
    • Citation of Richard Stallman ...it won't run on a free platform and (...) your program is actually an inducement for people to install non-free software. Richard Stallman's speech in Australian National University on 13 October 2004, Part 2, as seen in this film on video.google.com, circa 40% into the movie. Stallman was talking about Java and flash as inducements for installing non-free software.
  • (legal) An introductory statement of facts or background information.
  • (shipping) The act of placing a port on a vessel's itinerary because the volume of cargo offered at that port justifies the cost of routing the vessel.

    • References

    instigate

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (instigat)
  • To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite.
    • He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent of their malignity. -Bp. Warburton.

    Usage notes

    Commonly used with reference to evil actions; as, to instigate one to a crime.

    Synonyms

    * (to goad or urge forward): animate, encourage, impel, incite, provoke, spur, stimulate, tempt, urge

    Antonyms

    * (to goad or urge forward): halt, prevent, stop

    Derived terms

    * instigation * instigator

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