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Enhearten vs Impel - What's the difference?

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Enhearten is a related term of impel.


As verbs the difference between enhearten and impel

is that enhearten is to comfort and embolden, encourage, animate, hearten while impel is to urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation (contrast with propel, to compel or drive extrinsically).

enhearten

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To comfort and embolden, encourage, animate, hearten
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    References

    * 2. Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Vol III, p1935, enhearten

    impel

    English

    Verb

    (impell)
  • To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation (contrast with propel, to compel or drive extrinsically).
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  • To drive forward; to propel an object.
  • Synonyms

    * (to drive forward) propel

    Antonyms

    * expel

    References

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