Tease vs Incense - What's the difference?

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Tease is a related term of incense.

As verbs the difference between tease and incense

is that tease is to separate the fibres of a fibrous material while incense is to anger or infuriate.

As nouns the difference between tease and incense

is that tease is one who teases while incense is a perfume used in the rites of various religions.

tease

English

Verb

(teas)

To separate the fibres of a fibrous material.

To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.

To back-comb.

To poke fun at.

To provoke or disturb; to annoy.

* (1800-1859)

*:Hesuffered them to tease him into acts directly opposed to his strongest inclinations.

*1684 , , (Hudibras)

*:Not by the force of carnal reason, / But indefatigable teasing .

*:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."

To entice, to tempt.

Derived terms

* tease out * teaser

Noun

(en noun)

One who teases.

A single act of teasing.

A cock tease; an exotic dancer; a stripper.

Synonyms

* (cock tease) cockteaser, prickteaser

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incense

English

Noun

(wikipedia incense)

A perfume used in the rites of various religions.

Derived terms

* incense boat * incense cedar

Verb

To anger or infuriate.

I think it would incense him to learn the truth.

(archaic) To incite, stimulate.

To offer incense to.

(Chaucer)

To perfume with, or as with, incense.

* Marston

Incensed with wanton sweetes.

(obsolete) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.

* Chapman

Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labour to incense / Thy glorious heap of funeral.