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Instill vs Engraft - What's the difference?

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Instill is a related term of engraft.


As verbs the difference between instill and engraft

is that instill is to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature while engraft is to insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant.

As an adjective engraft is

(rare) engrafted.

instill

English

Alternative forms

* instil UK

Verb

(en verb)
  • To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
  • It is important to instill discipline in a child at an early age.
  • To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.
  • See also

    * infuse

    engraft

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l) (obsolete)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant
  • To fix firmly into place
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) Engrafted.