Difference between Discourage and Admonish

DISCOURAGE vs ADMONISH: NOUN

To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit.
To dissuade or deter (someone) from doing something.
To try to prevent by expressing disapproval or raising objections.
To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from.
To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage

To counsel (another) against something to be avoided or warn (that something is dangerous).
To urge or exhort (someone to do something).
To remind (someone) of something forgotten or disregarded, as an obligation or a responsibility.
To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort.
To counsel against wrong practices; to cation or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; -- followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause.
To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify.
To reprove gently but earnestly.

To deprive of, or cause to lose, courage; dishearten; depress in spirit; deject; dispirit.
To lessen or repress courage for; obstruct by opposition or difficulty; dissuade or hinder from: as, to discourage emigration; ill success discourages effort; low prices discourage industry.
To lose courage.
Try to prevent
Show opposition to
Deprive of courage or hope
Take away hope from
Cause to feel discouraged

Curb, Inhibit, Impede, Avoid, Curtail, Restrict, Hinder, Preclude, Encourage, Deterring, Prevent, Dissuade, Admonish, Warn, Deter

Castigate, Berate, Chide, Chastise, Scold, Censor, Blame, Reprimand, Decry, Censure, Reproach, Caution, Discourage, Warn, Reprove

Curb, Inhibit, Impede, Avoid, Curtail, Restrict, Hinder, Preclude, Encourage, Deterring, Prevent, Dissuade, Admonish, Warn, Deter

Instruct, Exhort, Castigate, Berate, Scold, Censor, Blame, Reprimand, Decry, Censure, Reproach, Caution, Discourage, Warn, Reprove

Discourage districts from tying compensation to advanced degrees.
Do you want to discourage customers from defecting?
Formula contains a bitterant to discourage inhalant abuse.
High costs might discourage entry into the market.
We discourage growth, investment, and quality of life.
IJARP strongly condemn and discourage practice of plagiarism.
Vehicle sanctions thus certainly discourage repeated DWS offending.
Martinus did not completely discourage people from meditating.
Will value pricing discourage ridesharing and transit use?
The lack of standardization can discourage business from good behavior and it can also discourage consumers, investors, and governments from rewarding good behavior.

They also conduct juvenile detention hearings and admonish juveniles for statements.
And, you admonish me for using the idiom "old man"?.
Sarah knew better than to admonish him for his threat.
SYN: Rate, scold, trounce, reprove, reprimand, rebuke, blame, admonish, objurgate.
Hard to know if I should admonish or applaud them.
Testimonies to admonish each one can hear the movement.
Related Words: Admonish means scold or mildly criticize.
Commissioner Brgel had been right to admonish him.
Word to encourage, admonish, comfort, and challenge her.
Christians have an obligation to admonish one another.