different between incent vs vincent

English

Etymology

Back-formation from incentive. Clipping of incentivize

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?s?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt
• Hyphenation: in?cent

Verb

incent (third-person singular simple present incents, present participle incenting, simple past and past participle incented)

1. (transitive, US) To provide an incentive to (a person or organization).

   We need to incent people to innovate more.
2. (transitive, US) To provide an incentive for (something).

   We need to incent more innovation.

Usage notes

• Less common than incentivize at COCA.
• Used relatively more than incentivize to refer to providing an incentive for an individual action.

Related terms

• incentivize
• incentivise

Translations

Anagrams

• nectin

English

Etymology

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) From the Latin verb vinc?. It could be either the stem of the present active participle vinc?ns (“the conquering man”) or the third-person plural future active indicative meaning ‘they will conquer’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?ns?nt/
• Hyphenation: vin?cent

Pronunciation

Noun

vincent (plural vincents)

1. (historical slang) The victim or dupe in a betting game, especially bowls.

   • If the vincent could actually be persuaded to play a game, the professionals always won in the end, either because of their superior skill or because of such stratagems as those described by Greene […]

Latin

Verb

vincent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of vinc?