Encourage and Warn

Encourage

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

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

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Warn verb - To give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk.

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Encourage and warn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Encourage" instead a verb "Warn".

Nearby Words: warning, warned

character	encourage character	warn character
people	encourage people	warn people
men	encourage men	warn men
children	encourage children	warn children
Other words: someone, rest, audience, characters, anyone, citizens, player, everyone, humans, viewers, kids, friends, players, fans, readers, students, soldiers, heroes.

She was also the one to first encourage and warn Sora to watch over Riku, and never give up on him should he go astray in the future.

Source: Video Game / Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
Red Herring: They encourage these to give a novel some added depth, though warn people to be careful of unintended examples (see What Happened to the Mouse?).

Source: Literature / How NOT to Write a Novel
One of the four in particular loves diving into the comments to encourage such behavior and warn that it is ultimately futile because they are changing the plot to such spoilers.

Source: Teasing Creator

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