Subsistence vs Encouragement - What's the difference?
subsistence | encouragement | Related terms |
Real being; existence.
Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
Means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; That which furnishes support to animal life; as, a meager subsistence.
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(theology) A person, specifically the person of Christ or of another part of the Trinity; hypostasis.
The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
That which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.
Subsistence is a related term of encouragement.
As nouns the difference between subsistence and encouragement
is that subsistence is real being; existence while encouragement is the act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.subsistence
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(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* sustenance * (theology) hypostasisExternal links
* *encouragement
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Alternative forms
* incouragement (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- All generous encouragement of arts. -Otway.
- To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. -Byron.