different between stimulant vs incentive

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

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin incentivus (“that strikes up or sets the tune”), from incinere (“to strike up”), from in (“in, on”) + canere (“to sing”). The formation appears to have been influenced by incendere ' to set on fire'.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

incentive (plural incentives)

1. Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.

2. A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder.

Antonyms

• disincentive

Derived terms

• incentivise/incentivize, tax incentive

Translations

Adjective

incentive (comparative more incentive, superlative most incentive)

1. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.
   • 1667, Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety

     Competency is of all other proportions the most incentive to industry.

2. Serving to kindle or set on fire.

Further reading

• incentive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• incentive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Vicentine

Latin

Adjective

incent?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of incent?vus

Portuguese

Verb

incentive

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of incentivar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of incentivar
3. first-person singular imperative of incentivar
4. third-person singular imperative of incentivar

Spanish

Verb

incentive

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of incentivar.