Encouraged vs Expected - What's the difference?
encouraged | expected |
(encourage)
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
To spur on, strongly recommend.
To foster, give help or patronage
Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
(expect)
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
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 * encouraginglyexpected
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The expected storm never arrived.