animate vs encourage

animate is an adjective but encourage is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
animate	No	Yes	Yes	No
encourage	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, encourage is a hyponym of animate; that is, encourage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than animate:

animate (adjective)	encourage (adjective)
endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness

animate (verb)	encourage (verb)
give new life or energy to	spur on
make lively	inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
give lifelike qualities to	contribute to the progress or growth of
heighten or intensify