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Condole vs Encouraged - What's the difference?

condole | encouraged |

As verbs the difference between condole and encouraged

is that condole is to grieve while encouraged is (encourage).

condole

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To grieve.
  • To express sympathetic sorrow; to lament in sympathy.
  • * Sir W. Temple
  • Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole with you.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    encouraged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (encourage)

  • encourage

    English

    Verb

    (encourag)
  • To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
  • I encouraged him during his race.
  • To spur on, strongly recommend.
  • We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.
  • To foster, give help or patronage
  • ''The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed

    Synonyms

    * (l) * (l)

    Antonyms

    * discourage

    Derived terms

    * encouragement * encouraging * encouragingly