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Mainspring vs Inducement - What's the difference?

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Mainspring is a related term of inducement.


As nouns the difference between mainspring and inducement

is that mainspring is the principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, that drives it by uncoiling while inducement is an incentive that helps bring about a desired state.

mainspring

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, that drives it by uncoiling.
  • * 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
    • He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away.
  • (figuratively) The most important reason for something.
    • My daughter is the mainspring of my life.

    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.

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