Despondency vs Discourage - What's the difference?
despondency | discourage |
The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.
A feeling of depression or disheartenment.
To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
* Bible, Col. iii. 21
To persuade somebody not to do something.
* Abraham Lincoln
Lack of courage
As nouns the difference between despondency and discourage
is that despondency is the loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection while discourage is lack of courage.As a verb discourage is
to extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.despondency
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Noun
(despondencies)discourage
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Verb
(discourag)- Don't be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you'll finish it in good time.
- Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged .
- Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.