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Discouraged vs Courage - What's the difference?

discouraged | courage |

As an adjective discouraged

is having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.

As a verb discouraged

is (discourage).

As a noun courage is

courage.

discouraged

English

Adjective

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

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (discourage)

    • courage

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of a confident character not to be afraid or intimidated easily but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
    • "A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before." —
    It takes a lot of courage to be successful in business.
  • The ability to do things which one finds frightening.
    • "Courage is not the absence of fear. It is acting in spite of it." —
    He plucked up the courage to tell her how he felt.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * courageous * discourage * encourage

    Related terms

    * cardiac

    Verb

    (courag)
  • (label) To encourage.
  • *:
  • *:And wete yow wel sayd kynge Arthur vnto Vrres syster I shalle begynne to handle hym and serche vnto my power not presumyng vpon me that I am soo worthy to hele youre sone by my dedes / but I wille courage other men of worshyp to doo as I wylle doo
  • *(William Tyndale) (1494-1536)
  • *:Paul writeth unto Timothyto courage him.

    • See also

    * fearlessness * bield English abstract nouns ----