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Encouraging vs Forcing - What's the difference?

encouraging | forcing |

As verbs the difference between encouraging and forcing

is that encouraging is while forcing is .

As an adjective encouraging

is giving courage, confidence or hope.

As a noun forcing is

(horticulture) the art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed.

encouraging

English

Adjective

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

    • Verb

    (head)

    • forcing

    English

    Noun

  • (horticulture) The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed
  • (photography) An extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail
  • (set theory) A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory. See .
  • (climatology, countable) The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance.

    • Derived terms

    * radiative forcing

    Verb

    (head)