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Encouraged vs Incouraged - What's the difference?

encouraged | incouraged |

As verbs the difference between encouraged and incouraged

is that encouraged is past tense of encourage while incouraged is past tense of incourage.

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

    incouraged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (incourage)

  • incourage

    English

    Verb

    (incourag)