Encourage and Inform

Encourage

Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.

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Inform and encourage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Inform" instead a verb "Encourage".

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Inform verb - To give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities.

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Encourage and inform are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Encourage" instead a verb "Inform".

person	encourage person	inform person
character	encourage character	inform character
people	encourage people	inform people
parents	encourage parents	inform parents
Other words: audience, characters, viewer, anyone, player, everyone, reader, viewers, kids, players, fans, readers, members, soldiers, heroes, girls.

In "Terror of the Autons", a Time Lord in human clothing appears to inform the Doctor that the Master is active on Earth and encourage him to fight back, but provides absolutely no useful information other than this.

Source: Omniscient Morality License

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