Difference between Encourage and Discourage

ENCOURAGE vs DISCOURAGE: NOUN

To stimulate; spur.
To give support to; foster.
To inspire with hope, courage, or confidence.
To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage.

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

To make stronger.
To help forward; promote; give support to: as, to encourage manufactures.
To give courage to; inspire with courage, spirit, or firmness of mind; incite to action or perseverance.
Inspire with confidence
Give hope or courage to

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.
Cause to feel discouraged
Take away hope from
Deprive of courage or hope
Show opposition to
Try to prevent
To deprive of, or cause to lose, courage; dishearten; depress in spirit; deject; dispirit.

Invite, Allow, Facilitate, Stimulate, Urge, Inspire, Spur, Entice, Motivate, Discourage, Incentivize, Advance, Further, Boost, Promote

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

Invite, Allow, Facilitate, Stimulate, Urge, Inspire, Spur, Entice, Motivate, Discourage, Incentivize, Advance, Further, Boost, Promote

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

Suggestions from the followers are encourage and rewarded.
We invite and encourage everyone to visit us!
Templates may also encourage cloned or copied documentation.
Narrow roads help to encourage low travel speeds.
Honor societies recognize and encourage high academic scholarship.
Recreational activities encourage social awareness and communication skills.
At Kent we recognise, encourage and reward excellence.
Encourage employees to share their thoughts and suggestions.
Encourage them to write down questions they have.
Just as we need to encourage women to lean in to their careers, we need to encourage men to lean in to their families.

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.