Stimulate vs Innervate - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between stimulate and innervate

is that stimulate is to encourage into action while innervate is to supply (part of the body) with nerves.

(stimulat)

To encourage into action.

To arouse an organism to functional activity.

* (encourage) encourage, induce, provoke * (arouse) animate, arouse, energize, energise, excite, perk up

* (arouse) de-energize, sedate, stifle

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(innervat)

To supply (part of the body) with nerves

To stimulate a nerve (or other part of the body) into action

* innervation * reinnervate