An incentive encourages the performance of something good; a bribe encourages the performance of something evil. As stated below, an incentive is usually out in the open while a bribe is secret.
A bribe is usually offered when a person has already refused to do it. It is a reward for not agreeing in the first place. This should not be construed to mean an act a person has not yet considered or when a further inducement is added.
When both condition are met, you have a bribe. So, a person has the option of doing evil but chooses good, is then offered some consideration and then chooses evil. Another example would be a person who sees or discovers some future reward in doing evil, so decides to do evil.
An example might be a politician who chooses to support illegal aliens over legal citizens under the belief that once these illegals obtain the right to vote they will vote for him.
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