What's the difference between enticement and incite?

Enticement


Definition:

  • (n.) The act or practice of alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions.
  • (n.) That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; alluring object; as, an enticement to sin.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The new slogan “for the thirsty” seems to lionise those who try different things: great for enticing new patrons but do you really want your loyal consumer base branching out beyond their usual pint?
  • (2) Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive, said buyers were snapping up "enticing deals on a wealth of advanced new products".
  • (3) It's hardly an enticing prospect for would-be adopters, who are repeatedly told that they stand a far better chance of being matched if they're prepared to take on a child who is disabled, has emotional or developmental needs, is in a sibling group, or is older (and therefore more likely to have endured repeated trauma and multiple placements).
  • (4) The zesty, citrus whiff of oranges freshens up the January kitchen, drawing a line under heavy celebratory food, and lighting up the virtuous, but enticing path to a lighter, healthier diet.
  • (5) In the real world the situation must be far more complex as will become evident but as a concept the avoidance of Ca2+ overloading is enticing.
  • (6) "As Android and Apple tear each other apart, Microsoft has been waiting in the wings and is in a very good position to move in and entice users to switch from Android to Microsoft, as we have already seen that user loyalty is low."
  • (7) While attention has focused on the enticing possibility of a bid for the papers from established newspaper owners such as Express Newspapers boss Richard Desmond, News Corporation mogul Rupert Murdoch and Daily Mail & General Trust, analysts and bankers believe a City-backed bid is far more likely.
  • (8) The picture window in the upper floor lobby frames a view of enticing blue sea.
  • (9) The answer lies in a mix of carrot and stick provision including investing in a more integrated public transport network, encouraging active transport in the form of walking and cycling, and enticing people out of their cars.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Luminous umbrellas lit beneath high wire artist Jade Kindar-Martin.
  • (10) Athens has lowered the minimum monthly wage for those under 25 years by 32% to about €500 to entice hiring.
  • (11) Prospects that are both enticing and simple, the latter encapsulated his response.
  • (12) He dropped out to set up Rawkus Records with friends, before his father enticed him into the family business, offering him the chance to run internet businesses at a time when the world's big media groups were first flirting with the online world.
  • (13) Wonga has come in for criticism from Creasy and other opponents of high-cost lenders, which entice consumers with large advertising budgets spent on extensive TV, press and outdoor campaigns.
  • (14) Until we are mathematically gone, I will believe.” Tottenham’s Son Heung-min grabs late winner after Watford red card Read more He also said he will do his utmost to entice reinforcements during the January transfer window, but admits that the club’s predicament complicates recruitment.
  • (15) Early signs were encouraging: Labour's controversial ID card scheme was scrapped and the enticingly titled protection of freedoms bill was conceived.
  • (16) The real solution is "freemium": you offer a lot to lots of people for free (with ads), but you entice those at the high end with paid-for stuff.
  • (17) In its review , the Economis t came up with a useful everyday analogy: high-frequency traders are like "the people who offer you tasty titbits as you enter the supermarket to entice you to buy; but in this case, as you show appreciation for the goods, they race through the aisles to mark the price up before you can get your trolley to the chosen counter".
  • (18) At least one half of the coalition might find such a prospect enticing.
  • (19) Letta was parachuted into power last April after Pier Luigi Bersani, the then PD leader, failed to entice Beppe Grillo's anti-establishment movement into a coalition.
  • (20) The animal, called Rat Hole, even refused to co-operate when the riders attempted to entice him back to his pen in what was described as a bovine removal exercise.

Incite


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In case 2 Tranilast itself and its metabolic derivative proved to be inciting agents by a drug-induced lymphocyte stimulation test.
  • (2) The EU interior ministers issued a joint statement in which they agreed to renew pressure on the major internet companies to step up their efforts to swiftly report and remove material that aims to incite hatred and terror.
  • (3) Such terrorism, they claim, is led or incited by the Muslim Brotherhood.
  • (4) The 54-year-old, who was jailed for seven years for soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred, has been fighting extradition since 2004.
  • (5) Antitumor drugs, like any other therapeutic agent, have the ability to incite hypersensitivity reactions.
  • (6) In contrast to clonal T cell neoplasms, an invariant array of seven T gamma gene rearrangements was found to be proportionately distributed within normal polyclonal T cell populations, as well as in benign polyclonal T cell proliferations incited by a wide variety of pathological conditions.
  • (7) Beijing is furious at the Nobel committee's decision to give the award to Liu, who is serving an 11-year sentence for incitement to subversion for co-authoring Charter 08, an appeal for democratic reforms.
  • (8) Liu is serving 11 years for incitement to subvert state power after co-writing Charter 08, a call for democratic reforms in China.
  • (9) China is furious at the decision to recognise Liu, jailed for incitement to subvert state power after co-authoring a call for democratic reforms.
  • (10) Hampshire police on Wednesday arrested three people on suspicion of using Twitter and BlackBerry Messenger to incite violent disorder in Southampton.
  • (11) Rybak was indicted for inciting hatred last year after burning an effigy of an orthodox Jew during a protest against Muslim immigration.
  • (12) But Tory MP David Morris has written to Metropolitan police commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe claiming it was an "incident that may constitute incitement to racial hatred" and asking him to launch an inquiry.
  • (13) The signs are all there: the hate speech, the inciteful statements to supporters, a lot of arms in circulation.
  • (14) He has been held without charges since his arrest on 5 June but has been informed that under martial law he faces up to 14 years in prison on possible charges of inciting unrest, violating cyber laws and defying the junta's orders.
  • (15) Myelin basic protein is the major component of central nervous system (CNS) white matter capable of inciting an autoimmune response which leads to the disease, experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE), in a number of animal species.
  • (16) These findings incite to promote prospective randomized studies with this kind of combined therapy.
  • (17) Geert Wilders , the Dutch politician who faces trial for inciting racial hatred, repeated the sentiment that Europe is now “at war”.
  • (18) He also issued a warning that anyone responsible for inciting post-election mayhem would be barred entry to the United States, where millions of Nigerians live.
  • (19) One man – Guo Xianliang, an engineer from Yunnan Province – is detained on suspicion of inciting subversion of state power after distributing flyers about Liu and the prize in Guangdong, southern China, the organisation reported.
  • (20) Ongew used to distribute food to the new villages for the government but when villagers began to complain about the absence of services, he was blamed for inciting them.

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