Instructed vs Encouraged - What's the difference?
instructed | encouraged |
(instruct)
(label) to teach by giving instructions
(label) to direct; to order (usage note : "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier than "advise")
(label) arranged; furnished; provided
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(label) instructed; taught; enlightened
(encourage)
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 instructed and encouraged
is that instructed is past tense of instruct while encouraged is past tense of encourage.instructed
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(head)instruct
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(en verb)Synonyms
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(-)- (Milton)
encouraged
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(head)encourage
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(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
