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Encouraging vs Comforting - What's the difference?

encouraging | comforting |

As adjectives the difference between encouraging and comforting

is that encouraging is giving courage, confidence or hope while comforting is giving comfort.

As verbs the difference between encouraging and comforting

is that encouraging is while comforting is .

As a noun comforting is

the act of giving comfort.

encouraging

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • giving courage, confidence or hope
  • supporting by giving encouragement
  • auspicious, or bringing good luck

    • Verb

    (head)

    • 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