What is the difference between encourage and courage?
encourage | courage | Related terms |
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
To spur on, strongly recommend.
To foster, give help or patronage
The quality of a confident character not to be afraid or intimidated easily but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
The ability to do things which one finds frightening.
(label) To encourage.
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*: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.
Courage is a related term of encourage.
Courage is a derived term of encourage.
As verbs the difference between encourage and courage
is that encourage is to mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit while courage is to encourage.As a noun courage is
the quality of a confident character not to be afraid or intimidated easily but without being incautious or inconsiderate.encourage
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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
Synonyms
* (l) * (l)Antonyms
* discourageDerived terms
* encouragement * encouraging * encouraginglycourage
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Noun
(-)- "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.
- "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.