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Encourage vs Exhortative - What's the difference?

encourage | exhortative |

As a verb encourage

is .

As an adjective exhortative is

(comparable) appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.

As a noun exhortative is

the mood.

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

    exhortative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (comparable) Appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.
  • (grammar, not comparable) Inflected hortative verb form that a speaker uses to avidly encourage a listener.
  • * 1994 , Hein van der Voort, A grammar of Kwaza, Mouton de Gruyzer, page 528
    • In sections (5.2.7-10.) three special prohibitive moods were identified and described: negative imperative, negative exhortative and monitory.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The mood.

    • Synonyms

    * exhortatory * hortative

    References