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Discouraged vs Apathy - What's the difference?

discouraged | apathy |

As an adjective discouraged

is having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.

As a verb discouraged

is past tense of discourage.

As a noun apathy is

complete lack of emotion or motivation about a person, activity, or object; depression; lack of interest or enthusiasm; disinterest.

discouraged

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (discourage)

    • apathy

    English

    (wikipedia apathy)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Complete lack of emotion or motivation about a person, activity, or object; depression; lack of interest or enthusiasm; disinterest.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1818
    • , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=2 citation , passage=I opened it with apathy; the theory which he attempts to demonstrate and the wonderful facts which he relates soon changed this feeling into enthusiasm.}}

    Related terms

    * apatheism (pos n) * apathetic (pos a) * apatheia (pos n)