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Woos vs Discourages - What's the difference?

woos | discourages |

As verbs the difference between woos and discourages

is that woos is (woo) while discourages is (discourage).

As a noun woos

is (australia|colloquial) a coward; a wuss.

woos

English

Verb

(head)
  • (woo)

    • Noun

  • (Australia, colloquial) A coward; a wuss.
    • Don't be a woos .

    discourages

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (discourage)

    • discourage

    English

    Verb

    (discourag)
  • To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
    • Don't be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you'll finish it in good time.
  • * Bible, Col. iii. 21
    • Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged .
  • To persuade somebody not to do something.
  • * Abraham Lincoln
    • Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.

    Antonyms

    * encourage

    See also

    * deter * dissuade

    Noun

    (-)
  • Lack of courage

    • Synonyms

    * (lack of courage) cowardliness

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