Discourage and Employ

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Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.

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Employ and discourage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Employ" instead a verb "Discourage".

Employ verb - To provide with a paying job.

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Discourage and employ are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Employ".

people	discourage people	employ people
kind	discourage kind	employ kind
men	discourage men	employ men
type	discourage type	employ type
Other words: sort, use, tactics, women, attacks, strategies.

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