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Instigate vs Enkindle - What's the difference?

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Instigate is a related term of enkindle.


As verbs the difference between instigate and enkindle

is that instigate is to goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite while enkindle is to kindle; to arouse or evoke.

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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    enkindle

    English

    Verb

    (enkindl)
  • To kindle; to arouse or evoke.
  • * 1603-06, William Shakespeare, Macbeth , Act 1, Scene 3:
    • That, trusted home, might yet enkindle you unto the crown, besides the Thane of Cawdor.
  • * 1809, Philip Freneau, "Occasioned By a Legislation Bill proposing a Taxation upon Newspapers":
    • "By them enkindled , every heart grew warm, / "By them excited, all were taught to arm,