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Encourage vs. Incentivize

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Encourageverb

To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.

‘I encouraged him during his race.’;

Incentivizeverb

To provide incentives for; to encourage.

‘The US government seeks to incentivize home ownership through a favorable tax system.’;

Encourageverb

To spur on, strongly recommend.

‘We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.’;

Incentivizeverb

To provide incentives to.

‘They effectively incentivized people to overinvest in home ownership.’;

Encourageverb

To foster, give help or patronage

‘''The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed’;

Encourageverb

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.

‘David encouraged himself in the Lord.’;

Encourageverb

contribute to the progress or growth of;

‘I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom’;

Encourageverb

inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to

Encourageverb

spur on;

‘His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife’;

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