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Affright vs Discourage - What's the difference?

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Affright is a related term of discourage.


As nouns the difference between affright and discourage

is that affright is great fear, terror, fright while discourage is lack of courage.

As verbs the difference between affright and discourage

is that affright is to terrify, to frighten, to inspire fright while discourage is to extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.

affright

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • great fear, terror, fright

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to terrify, to frighten, to inspire fright
  • * Shakespeare
    • Dreams affright our souls.
  • * Milton
    • A drear and dying sound / Affrights the flamens at their service quaint.

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    discourage

    English

    Verb

    (discourag)
  • To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
    • Don't be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you'll finish it in good time.
  • * Bible, Col. iii. 21
    • Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged .
  • To persuade somebody not to do something.
  • * Abraham Lincoln
    • Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.

    Antonyms

    * encourage

    See also

    * deter * dissuade

    Noun

    (-)
  • Lack of courage

    • Synonyms

    * (lack of courage) cowardliness

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