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Condole vs Encouragement - What's the difference?

condole | encouragement |

As a verb condole

is to grieve.

As a noun encouragement is

the act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.

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

    * ----

    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.

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    References

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