Edified vs Encouraged - What's the difference?
edified | encouraged |
(edify)
(obsolete) Furnished with buildings.
*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.1:
*:Long they thus travelled in friendly wise, / Through countreyes waste, and eke well edifyde [...].
(encourage)
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
To spur on, strongly recommend.
To foster, give help or patronage
As verbs the difference between edified and encouraged
is that edified is (edify) while encouraged is (encourage).As an adjective edified
is (obsolete) furnished with buildings.edified
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*encouraged
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(head)encourage
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(encourag)- I encouraged him during his race.
- We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.
- ''The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed