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Encouraged vs Emboldened - What's the difference?

encouraged | emboldened |

As verbs the difference between encouraged and emboldened

is that encouraged is past tense of encourage while emboldened is past tense of embolden.

As an adjective emboldened is

having been made bold.

encouraged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (encourage)

  • 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

    emboldened

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having been made bold.
  • They were emboldened by their great feat.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (embolden)