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Intensive vs Incentive - What's the difference?

intensive | incentive |

As adjectives the difference between intensive and incentive

is that intensive is thorough, to a great degree, with intensity while incentive is inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.

As nouns the difference between intensive and incentive

is that intensive is form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built while incentive is something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.

intensive

English

(wikipedia intensive)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Thorough, to a great degree, with intensity.
    • She was moved to the intensive care unit of the hospital.
  • *
    • Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.
  • Demanding, requiring a great amount.
    • This job is difficult because it is so labour-intensive .
  • Highly concentrated.
    • I took a three-day intensive course in finance.
  • (obsolete) Stretched; allowing intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.
  • Characterized by persistence; intent; assiduous.
  • (grammar) Serving to give force or emphasis.
    • an intensive verb or preposition

    Related terms

    * intense

    See also

    * extensive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) Form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built.
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    incentive

    English

    (wikipedia incentive)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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= 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; […].}}
  • A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder.

    • Antonyms

    * disincentive

    Derived terms

    * incentivise/incentivize, tax incentive

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.
  • * Dr. H. More
    • Competency is the most incentive to industry.
  • Serving to kindle or set on fire.
  • * Milton
    • Part incentive reed / Provide, pernicious with one touch of fire.

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