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Assistance vs Encouragement - What's the difference?

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Assistance is a related term of encouragement.


As nouns the difference between assistance and encouragement

is that assistance is aid; help; the act or result of assisting while encouragement is the act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.

assistance

English

(wikipedia assistance)

Alternative forms

* assistaunce

Noun

(en noun)
  • Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.

    • Derived terms

    * public assistance

    encouragement

    English

    Alternative forms

    * incouragement (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
    • All generous encouragement of arts. -Otway.
  • That which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.
    • To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. -Byron.

    Synonyms

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    References

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