Motivate and Promote

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Motivate

Motivate verb - Give an incentive for action.
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Promote and motivate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Promote" instead a verb "Motivate".
Nearby Words: motive, motivation, motivating, motivator, motived

Promote

Promote verb - To move higher in rank or position.
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Motivate and promote are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Motivate" instead a verb "Promote".
Nearby Words: promotion, promoter, promoting, promo, promotional

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people motivate people promote people
way motivate way promote way
characters motivate characters promote characters
employees motivate employees promote employees

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  • Discworld / Going Postal Stanley's thought to be weird even by other pin collectors, and Groat doesn't have the skills either, but Moist knows how to connect with people, motivate them, and how to promote something.
    Source: Discworld / Going Postal
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