Incorporate vs. Include

Incorporate vs. Include — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Incorporate and Include

Incorporateverb

(transitive) To include (something) as a part.

The design of his house incorporates a spiral staircase.to incorporate another's ideas into one's work

Includeverb

To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.

I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental.

Incorporateverb

(transitive) To mix (something in) as an ingredient; to blend

Incorporate air into the mixture.

Includeverb

To contain, as parts of a whole; to comprehend.

The vacation package includes car rental.Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets?I was included in the invitation to the family gathering.up to and including page twenty-five

Incorporateverb

(transitive) To admit as a member of a company

Includeverb

(obsolete) To enclose, confine.

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Incorporateverb

(transitive) To form into a legal company.

The company was incorporated in 1980.

Includeverb

(obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.

Incorporateverb

To include (another clause or guarantee of the US constitution) as a part (of the Fourteenth Amendment, such that the clause binds not only the federal government but also state governments).

Includeverb

(programming) To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.

You have to include the strings library to use this function.

Incorporateverb

To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one consistent mass.

Includenoun

(programming) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.

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Incorporateverb

To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.

Includeverb

have as a part, be made up out of;

The list includes the names of many famous writers

Incorporateadjective

(obsolete) Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.

Includeverb

consider as part of something;

I include you in the list of culprits

Incorporateadjective

Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.

Includeverb

add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category;

We must include this chemical element in the group

Incorporateadjective

Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation.

an incorporate banking association

Includeverb

allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of;

admit someone to the professionShe was admitted to the New Jersey Bar

Incorporateverb

make into a whole or make part of a whole;

She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal

Incorporateverb

include or contain; have as a component;

A totally new idea is comprised in this paperThe record contains many old songs from the 1930's

Incorporateverb

form a corporation

Incorporateverb

unite or merge with something already in existence;

incorporate this document with those pertaining to the same case

Incorporateadjective

formed or united into a whole