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Displease vs Stimulate - What's the difference?

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Displease is a related term of stimulate.


As verbs the difference between displease and stimulate

is that displease is to make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with'' or ''at it usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke while stimulate is to encourage into action.

displease

English

Verb

  • To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with'' or ''at . It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke.
  • The boy's rudeness displeased me.
  • * Bible, Psalms lxxxv. 5 (Book of Common Prayer)
  • Wilt thou be displeased at us forever?
  • To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
  • I shall displease my ends else.
  • To give displeasure or offense.
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Antonyms

    * please

    See also

    * offend * disgust * vex * annoy * dissatisfy * chafe * anger * provoke * affront

    stimulate

    English

    Verb

    (stimulat)
  • To encourage into action.
  • To arouse an organism to functional activity.
  • Synonyms

    * (encourage) encourage, induce, provoke * (arouse) animate, arouse, energize, energise, excite, perk up

    Antonyms

    * (arouse) de-energize, sedate, stifle

    Anagrams

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