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Demotivate vs Discourage - What's the difference?

demotivate | discourage |

As verbs the difference between demotivate and discourage

is that demotivate is to decrease the motivation of a person or a group while discourage is to extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.

As a noun discourage is

{{cx|rare|lang=en}} Lack of courage.

demotivate

English

Verb

(demotivat)
  • To decrease the motivation of a person or a group.

    • Antonyms

    * motivate

    Derived terms

    * demotivator * demotivation * demotivational

    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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