Encourage vs Motivated - What's the difference?
encourage | motivated |
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
To spur on, strongly recommend.
To foster, give help or patronage
(motivate)
Enthusiastic, especially about striving toward a goal.
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As verbs the difference between encourage and motivated
is that encourage is to mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit while motivated is past tense of motivate.As an adjective motivated is
enthusiastic, especially about striving toward a goal.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 * encouraginglymotivated
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- We're looking for a highly motivated individual who will fit into our fast-paced corporate culture.
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- It seems reasonable to assume that academically able students are more motivated' toward academic activities than those less able, and that students from higher socioeconomic levels are more ' motivated toward school than those from lower socioeconomic levels.
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- In every instance, she has expressed enormous frustration with social loafers—virtual group members whose lackluster motivation leaves the bulk of group projects to members who are more motivated to excel.
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- As an athlete, you'll feel more motivated when you're confident in your skill set and believe in your ability to continue to improve.