Inhibit and Nudge

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Inhibit verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.

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Nudge is an antonym for inhibit.

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

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Inhibit is an antonym for nudge.

development	inhibit development	nudge development
emotions	inhibit emotions	nudge emotions

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