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Arouse vs Instill - What's the difference?

arouse | instill |

As verbs the difference between arouse and instill

is that arouse is to stimulate feelings while instill is to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.

arouse

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To stimulate feelings.
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  • *:“?My tastes,” he said, still smiling, “?incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet.” And, to tease her and arouse her to combat?: “?I prefer a farandole to a nocturne?; I'd rather have a painting than an etching?; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;.”
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  • , chapter=5, title= Lord Stranleigh Abroad , passage=She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination.}}
  • To sexually stimulate.
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  • To wake from sleep or stupor.
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  • See also

    * arousal * aroused

    Anagrams

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    instill

    English

    Alternative forms

    * instil UK

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
  • It is important to instill discipline in a child at an early age.
  • To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.
  • See also

    * infuse