Encouragement vs Deterrence - What's the difference?
encouragement | deterrence |
The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
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.
The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred
Action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action
The art of producing in one's enemy the fear to attack
As nouns the difference between encouragement and deterrence
is that encouragement is the act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity while deterrence is the act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.encouragement
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Alternative forms
* incouragement (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- All generous encouragement of arts. -Otway.
- To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. -Byron.