different between empower vs embolden

English

Alternative forms

• empowre (archaic)
• impower (archaic)
• impowre (obsolete)

Etymology

em- +? power

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a??(?)

• Rhymes: -a??(?)

Verb

empower (third-person singular simple present empowers, present participle empowering, simple past and past participle empowered)

1. (transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
2. (transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.

   John found that starting up his own business empowered him greatly in social situations.

Synonyms

• (give permission to): allow, let, permit
• (give confidence to): inspire

Antonyms

• (give permission to): ban, bar, forbid, prohibit
• (give confidence to): disempower, dishearten, disspirit

Derived terms

• empowerment

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Anagrams

• empowre

English

Etymology

em- +? bold +? -en

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?b??ld?n/

  Rhymes: -??ld?n

Verb

embolden (third-person singular simple present emboldens, present participle emboldening, simple past and past participle emboldened)

1. (transitive) To render (someone) bolder or more courageous.
   • 2020, William H. Greene, Econometric Analysis, Pearson, p. 334

     The author lamented that the power of techniques involving instrumental variables and natural experiments to uncover causal relationships had emboldened economists to venture into areas far from their traditional expertise [...].

2. (transitive) To encourage, inspire, or motivate.
3. (transitive, typography) To format text in boldface.

   Synonym: boldface

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