Buoy vs Encourage - What's the difference?
buoy | encourage |
(nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.
A life-buoy.
To keep afloat or aloft; used with up .
To support or maintain at a high level.
* Burke
To mark with a buoy.
* Darwin
To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban'' (in ''The Guardian , 6 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/06/england-moldova-world-cup-qualifier-matchreport]
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 buoy and encourage
is that buoy is to keep afloat or aloft; used with up while encourage is .As a noun buoy
is (nautical) a float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.buoy
English
Noun
(wikipedia buoy) (en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Those old prejudices, which buoy up the ponderous mass of his nobility, wealth, and title.
- to buoy''' an anchor; to '''buoy''' or '''buoy off a channel
- Not one rock near the surface was discovered which was not buoyed by this floating weed.
- It ended up being a bittersweet night for England, full of goals to send the crowd home happy, buoyed by the news that Montenegro and Poland had drawn elsewhere in Group H but also with a measure of regret about what happened to Danny Welbeck and what it means for Roy Hodgson's team going into a much more difficult assignment against Ukraine.
- Buoyed by the huge success, they announced two other projects.
Derived terms
* buoy upDerived terms
* buoy up * can buoy * conical buoy * bell buoy * ring buoy * life buoy * breeches buoyencourage
English
Verb
(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