different between incentivize vs stimulant

English

Alternative forms

• incentivise

Etymology

incentive +? -ize

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?s?nt?va?z/

Verb

incentivize (third-person singular simple present incentivizes, present participle incentivizing, simple past and past participle incentivized)

1. (transitive, US, business, economics) To provide incentives for; to encourage.

   The US government seeks to incentivize home ownership through a favorable tax system.

2. (transitive, US, business, economics) To provide incentives to.

   They effectively incentivized people to overinvest in home ownership.

Usage notes

• Used relatively more than incent to refer to the use of systems of incentives.

Antonyms

• disincentivize

Related terms

• incent

Translations

English

Noun

stimulant (plural stimulants)

1. (pharmacology) A substance that acts to increase physiological or nervous activity in the body.
2. Something that promotes activity, interest, or enthusiasm.

Synonyms

• psychostimulant

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

stimulant (not comparable)

1. (pharmacology) Acting as a stimulant.

French

Verb

stimulant

1. present participle of stimuler

Noun

stimulant m (plural stimulants)

1. Stimulant

Adjective

stimulant (feminine singular stimulante, masculine plural stimulants, feminine plural stimulantes)

1. stimulating

Further reading

• “stimulant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

stimulant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of stimul?

Romanian

Etymology

From French stimulant.

Adjective

stimulant m or n (feminine singular stimulant?, masculine plural stimulan?i, feminine and neuter plural stimulante)

1. stimulating

Declension

Related terms

• stimula