Instill vs Ingrain - What's the difference?
instill | ingrain |
To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.
To make something deeply part of something else, either literally or figuratively.
Dyed with grain, or kermes.
Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
As verbs the difference between instill and ingrain
is that instill is to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature while ingrain is to make something deeply part of something else, either literally or figuratively.As an adjective ingrain is
dyed with grain, or kermes.As a noun ingrain is
an ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.instill
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Alternative forms
* instil UKVerb
(en verb)- It is important to instill discipline in a child at an early age.
See also
* infuseingrain
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Verb
(en verb)- The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet.
- The lessons I learned at school were firmly ingrained in my mind.