Instigate vs Instill - What's the difference?
instigate | instill |
To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite.
As verbs the difference between instigate and instill
is that instigate is to goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite while instill is to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.instigate
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(instigat)- He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent of their malignity. -Bp. Warburton.