Incite vs Stoke - What's the difference?
incite | stoke |
To rouse, stir up or excite.
To poke, pierce, thrust.
To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.
To stick; to thrust; to stab.
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(physics) (A unit of kinematic viscosity equal to that of a fluid with a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per millilitre)
As verbs the difference between incite and stoke
is that incite is to rouse, stir up or excite while stoke is to poke, pierce, thrust.As a noun stoke is
misspelling of lang=en A unit of kinematic viscosity equal to that of a fluid with a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per millilitre.As a proper noun Stoke is
stoke-on-Trent, a city in Staffordshire, England.incite
English
Verb
(incit)- The judge was told by the accused that his friends had to incite him to commit the crime.
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) stoken, from (etyl) , from the same Germanic source. More at (l).Verb
(stok)Etymology 2
From a back-formation of stoker, apparently from (etyl) stoker, from (etyl) , see: tandenstoker. Ultimately the same word as above.Verb
(stok)- Nor short sword for to stoke , with point biting.