Disapprove vs Discourage - What's the difference?
disapprove | discourage |
To condemn; consider wrong or inappropriate.
To refuse to approve; reject.
To have or express an unfavorable opinion.
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 verbs the difference between disapprove and discourage
is that disapprove is to condemn; consider wrong or inappropriate 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
lack of courage.disapprove
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(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.