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Encouraged vs Expected - What's the difference?

encouraged | expected |

As verbs the difference between encouraged and expected

is that encouraged is past tense of encourage while expected is past tense of expect.

As an adjective expected is

anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur.

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

    expected

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
  • The expected storm never arrived.

    Antonyms

    * unexpected * surprising * unlikely

    Derived terms

    * expectedly * expectedness

    Verb

    (head)
  • (expect)
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