Incentive and Impulse

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Incentive

Incentive noun - Something that arouses action or activity.

Usage example: the handsome reward for the missing dog was an incentive for me to start looking

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Impulse is a synonym for incentive in inducement topic. In some cases you can use "Impulse" instead a noun "Incentive", when it comes to topics like motive, stimulus, impetus, effect. popular alternative

Impulse

Impulse noun - Something that arouses action or activity.

Usage example: the new auto factory was just the impulse that the local economy needed

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Incentive is a synonym for impulse in motive topic. You can use "Incentive" instead a noun "Impulse", if it concerns topics such as stimulus, impetus, effect, cause. popular alternative

Nearby Words: impulsive, impulsively, impulsion, impulsing, impulsed

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better	better incentive	better impulse
initial	initial incentive	initial impulse
single	single incentive	single impulse
strong	strong incentive	strong impulse
Other adjectives: powerful, evil, extra, next, strongest.

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