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Instill vs Instils - What's the difference?

instill | instils |

As verbs the difference between instill and instils

is that instill is to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature while instils is third-person singular of instil.

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

    instils

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (instil)

  • instil

    English

    Verb

    (instill)
  • Derived terms

    * reinstil