Exclaim vs Encourage - What's the difference?
exclaim | encourage |
(lb) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
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*:“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are'' pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling ''à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.”
(obsolete) Exclamation; outcry, clamor.
* 1635 , John Donne, "His parting form her":
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
To spur on, strongly recommend.
To foster, give help or patronage
As verbs the difference between exclaim and encourage
is that exclaim is (lb) to cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion while encourage is .As a noun exclaim
is (obsolete) exclamation; outcry, clamor.exclaim
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Alternative forms
* exclameVerb
(en verb)Synonyms
* See alsoNoun
(en noun)- Oh fortune, thou'rt not worth my least exclame [...].
encourage
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Verb
(encourag)- I encouraged him during his race.
- We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.
- ''The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed