Encourage vs Pushy - What's the difference?

As a verb encourage

is .

aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined.

(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

* (l) * (l)

* discourage

* encouragement * encouraging * encouragingly

(er)

Aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined.

Parents are ruining school sports days by being pushy and overbearing, a survey suggests. BBC