Abase vs Discourage - What's the difference?
abase | discourage | Related terms |
(archaic) To lower physically or depress; to stoop; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
To lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, so as to hurt feelings or cause pain; to depress; to humiliate; to humble; to degrade.
(obsolete) To lower in value, in particular as altering the content of alloys in coins.
To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
* Bible, Col. iii. 21
To persuade somebody not to do something.
* Abraham Lincoln
Lack of courage
Abase is a related term of discourage.
In lang=en terms the difference between abase and discourage
is that abase is to lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, so as to hurt feelings or cause pain; to depress; to humiliate; to humble; to degrade while discourage is to persuade somebody not to do something.As verbs the difference between abase and discourage
is that abase is (archaic) to lower physically or depress; to stoop; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye while discourage is to extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.As a noun discourage is
lack of courage.abase
English
Verb
(abas)- "Saying so, he abased his lance''." - ''
- "Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased'' ." - ''Luke 14:11
Synonyms
* debase * degradeAntonyms
* promote * exalt * extollDerived terms
* abasedly * abasement * abaserReferences
* *discourage
English
Verb
(discourag)- Don't be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you'll finish it in good time.
- Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged .
- Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.