Encourage vs Discouraged - What's the difference?
encourage | discouraged |
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 encourage and discouraged
is that encourage is while discouraged is (discourage).As an adjective discouraged is
having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.encourage
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