cultivate vs encourage

cultivate and encourage both are verbs.

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

As verbs, encourage is a hypernym of cultivate; that is, encourage is a word with a broader meaning than cultivate:

Other hypernyms of cultivate include advance, boost, further, promote.

cultivate (verb)	encourage (verb)
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment	spur on
prepare for crops	inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment	contribute to the progress or growth of
promote the growth of