Invited vs Encouraged - What's the difference?
invited | encouraged |
(invite)
To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
To request formally.
To encourage.
* 1902 , Roosevelt,
To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
* Milton
* Dryden
* Cowper
(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 invited and encouraged
is that invited is (invite) while encouraged is (encourage).invited
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Verb
(head)invite
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Verb
- We invited our friends round for dinner.
- I invite you all to be seated.
- I always invite criticism of my definitions.
- Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.
- The refusal to maintain such a navy would invite trouble, and if trouble came would insure disaster.
- to inveigle and invite the unwary sense
- shady groves, that easy sleep invite
- There no delusive hope invites despair.
Synonyms
* (ask for the presence or participation of) ask out * (request formally) ask, beseech, entreat, request * (encourage) ask for, encourage, provokeencouraged
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Verb
(head)encourage
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Verb
(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