Discourage vs Terrify - What's the difference?
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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
To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
To menace or intimidate.
(obsolete) To make terrible.
Discourage is a related term of terrify.
As verbs the difference between discourage and terrify
is that discourage is to extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject while terrify is to frighten greatly; to fill with terror.As a noun discourage
is lack of courage.discourage
English
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.