Difference between Instill and Instil

What is the difference between Instill and Instil?

Instill as a verb is to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature. while Instil as a verb is to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.

Instill

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature. To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.

Example sentence: When you're in a big family you have to hustle all the time. But I think that's a good quality to instill in your children, for whatever they have to get.

Instil

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.

We hope you now know whether to use Instill or Instil in your sentence.

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