Encourage vs Tempt - What's the difference?
encourage | tempt |
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
To spur on, strongly recommend.
To foster, give help or patronage
To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
To attract; to allure.
To provoke something; to court.
As verbs the difference between encourage and tempt
is that encourage is while tempt is to provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.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
Synonyms
* (l) * (l)Antonyms
* discourageDerived terms
* encouragement * encouraging * encouraginglytempt
English
Verb
(en verb)- She tempted me to eat the apple.
- Its glossy skin tempted me.
- It would be tempting fate.