different between encouragement vs buoyancy
encouragement
English
Alternative forms
- incouragement (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French encoragement.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?n?k???d?m?nt]
Noun
encouragement (countable and uncountable, plural encouragements)
- The act of encouraging
- Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances; incentive
- 1904, Edward Verrall Lucas, Highways and Byways in Sussex Chapter 2
- even their arch-enemy the gamekeeper is beginning reluctantly, but gradually, to acquiesce in the general belief of their innocence and utility, I cannot help indulging the hope that this bird will eventually meet with that general encouragement and protection to which its eminent services so richly entitle it.
- 1904, Edward Verrall Lucas, Highways and Byways in Sussex Chapter 2
- Words or actions that increase someone's confidence
- 7 January 2017, Adharanand Finn writing in The Guardian, The 24-hour race: 'It is a battle with your mind'
- Diana Celeiro has come all the way from Argentina for the race. It’s her second time here. Her husband, Gustavo, acts as her support crew. Most of the runners have someone who stands diligently by the track watching, offering encouragement, preparing snacks or helping with any issues that arise, from blisters to emotional breakdowns.
- 1776, Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, Chapter 4
- If I live, an' please your honour, but once to get through it, I will never tell it again, quoth Trim, either to man, woman, or child--Poo--poo! said my uncle Toby--but with accents of such sweet encouragement did he utter it, that the corporal went on with his story with more alacrity than ever.
- 7 January 2017, Adharanand Finn writing in The Guardian, The 24-hour race: 'It is a battle with your mind'
- The feeling of being encouraged
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:praise
Translations
References
encouragement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Etymology
From encourager +? -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.ku.?a?.m??/
Noun
encouragement m (plural encouragements)
- An encouragement
Further reading
- “encouragement” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
encouragement From the web:
- what encouragement means
- what encouragement is given to young athletes
- what encouragement can do
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- what do encouragement mean
buoyancy
English
Etymology
buoyant +? -cy or buoy +? -ancy.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?b??.?n.si/
Noun
buoyancy (countable and uncountable, plural buoyancies)
- (physics) The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
- The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
- (by extension) Resilience or cheerfulness.
Related terms
- buoyant
- buoy
- buoy up
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Archimedes' principle
buoyancy From the web:
- what buoyancy means
- what buoyant means
- what buoyant force
- what buoyancy aid do i need
- what buoyancy aid for kayaking
- what buoyancy aid do i need for sup
- buoyant force
- what buoyancy law
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