Encourage and Push

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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

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Push is a synonym for encourage in help topic. In some cases you can use "Push" instead a verb "Encourage", when it comes to topics like persuade, stimulate spiritually.

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Push verb - To apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one.

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Encourage is a synonym for push in urge topic. Sometimes you can use "Encourage" instead a verb "Push", if it concerns topics such as incite.

Nearby Words: pushed, pushy, pushover, pushing, pusher

character	encourage character	push character
people	encourage people	push people
someone	encourage someone	push someone
way	encourage way	push way
Other words: characters, opponent, player, enemy, everyone, son, humans, kids, friends, players.

It's such a well known thing within the horror or mystery genres of Tabletop Games that it's progressed to the point where several games, such as Trail Of Cthulhu or mystery/horror variants of FATE, have mechanics to encourage/push Genre Savvy players away from averting this trope.

Source: Curiosity Killed the Cast
Scion starts at 11 and the books actively encourage the players and Storyteller to see how far they can push the meter up.

Source: Serial Escalation / Tabletop Games
He goes to a bridge to kill himself and Patty and Selma encourage him to do it, but when he goes to avert it, Patty and Selma push him off.

Source: Suicide Dare

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