Discourage vs Deaden - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between discourage and deaden

is that discourage is to persuade somebody not to do something while deaden is to make soundproof.

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

(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.

* encourage

(-)

Lack of courage

* (lack of courage) cowardliness

(en verb)

To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.

To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).

To make soundproof.