Prod vs Incite - What's the difference?
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To poke, to push, to touch.
To encourage, to prompt.
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A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
A poke.
A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
To rouse, stir up or excite.
As verbs the difference between prod and incite
is that prod is to poke, to push, to touch while incite is to rouse, stir up or excite.As a noun prod
is a device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.prod
English
(wikipedia prod)Verb
(prodd)citation, passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}
Noun
(en noun)- "It's your turn," she reminded me, giving me a prod on the shoulder.
- (Fairholt)
Derived terms
* cattle prodExternal links
*Anagrams
* *incite
English
Verb
(incit)- The judge was told by the accused that his friends had to incite him to commit the crime.
