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Encourage vs Cheers - What's the difference?

encourage | cheers |

As verbs the difference between encourage and cheers

is that encourage is while cheers is (cheer).

As a noun cheers is

.

As an interjection cheers is

a common toast used when drinking in company.

encourage

English

Verb

(encourag)
  • To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
    • I encouraged him during his race.
  • To spur on, strongly recommend.
    • We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.
  • To foster, give help or patronage
    • ''The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed

    Synonyms

    * (l) * (l)

    Antonyms

    * discourage

    Derived terms

    * encouragement * encouraging * encouragingly

    Related terms

    * courage

    cheers

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cheer)

    • Noun

    (head)

    • Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • A common toast used when drinking in company.
  • (British, informal) goodbye
  • (British, Australian, NZ, informal) thank you

    • Synonyms

    * (toast): bottoms up, skoal, chin chin, down the hatch, * : bye, catch you later, cheerio (UK), laters (slang), see you, see you later, see you after (Scottish), see you later alligator, so long, (British) * , thanks