Induce vs. Cause — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Induce and Cause
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Induce
Succeed in persuading or leading (someone) to do something
The pickets induced many workers to stay away
Cause
Because.
Induce
Bring about or give rise to
None of these measures induced a change of policy
Cause
The producer of an effect, result, or consequence.
Induce
Bring on (the birth of a baby) artificially, typically by the use of drugs
Induced labour
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Cause
The one, such as a person, event, or condition, that is responsible for an action or result.
Induce
Derive by inductive reasoning
From the experimental evidence, one infers or induces the hypothesis
Cause
A basis for an action or response; a reason
The doctor's report gave no cause for alarm.
Induce
To lead or move, as to a course of action, by influence or persuasion.
Cause
A goal or principle served with dedication and zeal
“the cause of freedom versus tyranny” (Hannah Arendt).
Induce
To bring about or stimulate the occurrence of; cause
A drug used to induce labor.
Cause
The interests of a person or group engaged in a struggle
“The cause of America is in great measure the cause of all mankind” (Thomas Paine).
Induce
To infer by inductive reasoning.
Cause
A lawsuit or criminal prosecution.
Induce
To produce (an electric current or a magnetic charge) by induction.
Cause
The ground or basis for a lawsuit.
Induce
To produce (radioactivity, for example) artificially by bombardment of a substance with neutrons, gamma rays, and other particles.
Cause
A subject under debate or discussion.
Induce
(Biochemistry) To initiate or increase the production of (an enzyme or other protein) at the level of genetic transcription.
Cause
To be the cause of or reason for; result in.
Induce
(Genetics) To cause an increase in the transcription of the RNA of (a gene).
Cause
To bring about or compel by authority or force
The moderator invoked a rule causing the debate to be ended.
Induce
(transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
Cause
The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
They identified a burst pipe as the cause of the flooding.
Induce
(transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
His meditation induced a compromise.
Opium induces sleep.
Cause
Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
There is no cause for alarm.
The end of the war was a cause for celebration.
Induce
(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
Cause
(countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
Induce
To infer by induction.
Cause
(obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
Induce
To lead in, bring in, introduce.
Cause
Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
Induce
To draw on, place upon. en
Cause
A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
Induce
To lead in; to introduce.
The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad.
Cause
(transitive) To set off an event or action.
The lightning caused thunder.
Induce
To draw on; to overspread.
Cause
(ditransitive) To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
His dogged determination caused the fundraising to be successful.
Induce
To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to persuade; to move by persuasion or influence.
He is not obliged by your offer to do it, . . . though he may be induced, persuaded, prevailed upon, tempted.
Let not the covetous desire of growing rich induce you to ruin your reputation.
Cause
(obsolete) To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
Induce
To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure; anaphylactic shock induced by exposure to a allergen.
Sour things induces a contraction in the nerves.
Cause
Alternative form of 'cause; because
Induce
To produce, or cause, by proximity without contact or transmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body in an opposite electric or magnetic state.
Cause
That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to make one thing begin to be.
Induce
To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; - the opposite of deduce.
Cause
That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.
Induce
To cause the expression of (a gene or gene product) by affecting a transcription control element on the genome, either by inhibiting a negative control or by activating a positive control; to derepress; as, lactose induces the production of beta-galactosidase in Eschericia coli..
Cause
Sake; interest; advantage.
I did it not for his cause.
Induce
Cause to arise;
Induce a crisis
Cause
A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
Induce
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;
The ads induced me to buy a VCR
My children finally got me to buy a computer
My wife made me buy a new sofa
Cause
Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.
What counsel give you in this weighty cause!
Induce
Cause to occur rapidly;
The infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions
Cause
The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.
God befriend us, as our cause is just.
The part they take against me is from zeal to the cause.
Induce
Reason or establish by induction
Cause
To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; - usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb.
I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days.
Cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans.
Induce
Produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
Cause
To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
Cause
Abbreviation of Because.
Cause
Events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something;
They are trying to determine the cause of the crash
Cause
A justification for something existing or happening;
He had no cause to complain
They had good reason to rejoice
Cause
A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;
He supported populist campaigns
They worked in the cause of world peace
The team was ready for a drive toward the pennant
The movement to end slavery
Contributed to the war effort
Cause
Any entity that causes events to happen
Cause
A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy;
The family brought suit against the landlord
Cause
Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally;
Cause a commotion
Make a stir
Cause an accident
Cause
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;
The ads induced me to buy a VCR
My children finally got me to buy a computer
My wife made me buy a new sofa
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