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Comforting vs Encouragement - What's the difference?

comforting | encouragement |

As nouns the difference between comforting and encouragement

is that comforting is the act of giving comfort while encouragement is the act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.

As an adjective comforting

is giving comfort.

As a verb comforting

is .

comforting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Giving comfort.
    • Your comforting words help ease my mind.
    It's comforting to know that I've always got my Mum when things go wrong.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving comfort.
  • * 1836 , Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, The American in England (page 269)
    • Intrenched within the citadel of our apartment, and cheered by the comfortings of a coal fire, we passed the day in letter-writing, conversation, or gazing from the sheltered security of our windows upon the agitated sea

    encouragement

    English

    Alternative forms

    * incouragement (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
    • All generous encouragement of arts. -Otway.
  • That which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.
    • To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. -Byron.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    References

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