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Instil vs Inculcate - What's the difference?

instil | inculcate |

As verbs the difference between instil and inculcate

is that instil is an alternative spelling of lang=en while inculcate is to teach by repeated instruction.

instil

English

Verb

(instill)

    • Derived terms

    * reinstil

    inculcate

    English

    Verb

    (inculcat)
  • To teach by repeated instruction.
  • To induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons.

    • Quotations

    {{timeline, 1900s=}} * 1932': Wordless conditioning ... cannot '''inculcate the more complex courses of behaviour. — ''Brave New World , Aldous Huxley * 1943': The right defense against false sentiments is to '''inculcate just sentiments. — ''The Abolition of Man , C. S. Lewis