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Encourage vs Emphasis - What's the difference?

encourage | emphasis |

As a verb encourage

is .

As a noun emphasis is

special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.

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

    emphasis

    Noun

    (emphases)
  • Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
  • He paused for emphasis before saying who had won.
  • Special attention or prominence given to something.
  • Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district.
  • Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
  • He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech.
  • (typography) Related to bold.
  • Anagrams

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