Recommended vs Encouraged - What's the difference?
recommended | encouraged |
(recommend)
To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
To advise, propose, counsel favorably
(archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
(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 recommended and encouraged
is that recommended is (recommend) while encouraged is (encourage).recommended
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Verb
(head)recommend
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(en verb)- The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
- The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
- ''A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . SeeSynonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* discourage * disapprove * opposeDerived terms
* recommendable * recommendatory * recommended * recommenderAnagrams
* English reporting verbsencouraged
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Verb
(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