Stimulus vs Encourage - What's the difference?
stimulus | encourage |
(rfc-sense) Anything that may have an impact or influence on a system.
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(rfc-sense) (physiology) Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response.
(rfc-sense) (psychology) Anything effectively impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism, including physical phenomena both internal and external to the body.
(rfc-sense) Anything that induces a person to take action.
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
To spur on, strongly recommend.
To foster, give help or patronage
As a noun stimulus
is .As a verb encourage is
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(wikipedia stimulus)Noun
(stimuli)- an economic stimulus
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Synonyms
* (anything that may have an impact or influence) influence * (anything that induces a person to take action) impetus, impulse, spurencourage
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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