Difference between Intimidating and Discouraging

What is the difference between Intimidating and Discouraging?

Intimidating as a verb is to make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence while Discouraging as a verb is to extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.

Intimidating

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: threatening

Example sentence: I am a marked person, and no one who's unmarked is going to understand that. It's very intimidating. I don't even know what my place is anymore. What's my role in society? Who am I, after everybody has branded me?

Discouraging

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: that causes discouragement

Example sentence: It's always discouraging when you don't have things go your way. They are frustrated just like the rest of us.

We hope you now know whether to use Intimidating or Discouraging in your sentence.

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