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Instigate vs Aiding - What's the difference?

instigate | aiding |

As verbs the difference between instigate and aiding

is that instigate is to goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite while aiding is .

As a noun aiding is

the act of one who aids or assists.

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

    External links

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    aiding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who aids or assists.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • aidings and abettings of every bad inclination in the popular mind