Provoke vs Incent - What's the difference?
provoke | incent |
to cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
* Bible, Eph. vi. 4
to bring about a reaction.
* J. Burroughs
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(obsolete) To appeal.
(US) To provide an incentive to (a person or organization).
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(US) To provide an incentive for (something).
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As verbs the difference between provoke and incent
is that provoke is to cause someone to become annoyed or angry while incent is to provide an incentive to (a person or organization).provoke
English
Verb
(provok)- Don't provoke the dog; it may try to bite you.
- Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.
- To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it, what it provokes in his own soul.
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- (Dryden)
Synonyms
* (bring about a reaction) bring about, discompose, egg on, engender, evoke, grill, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, invoke, rouse, set off, stir up, whip upDerived terms
* provocation * provocativeincent
English
Verb
(en verb)- We need to incent people to innovate more.
citation
- We need to incent more innovation.