Encourage
Encourage verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.
Usage example: the pastor continues to encourage the couple to work out their problems in hopes of saving their marriage
Nudge and encourage are semantically related In some cases you can use "Nudge" instead a verb "Encourage".
Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging
Nudge
Nudge verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.
Usage example: the car salesman nudged me into taking a test-drive, even though I had said that I was just looking
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| person | encourage person | nudge person |
| friend | encourage friend | nudge friend |
| people | encourage people | nudge people |
| rest | encourage rest | nudge rest |
| Other words: development, way, characters, opponent, player, protagonist. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- You can also nudge Garrus down this path in Mass Effect 1 and 2 if you encourage him to embrace the Jack Bauer approach to handling crime, and Jack slowly starts to become this if you explore her romance path and convince her not to kill Aresh on Pragia.
Source: Chaotic Neutral - In one episode, Momoka called Fuyuki, causing Natsumi to have a mischievous look, nudge Fuyuki, and encourage him to go get her.
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