encourage vs cultivate

encourage and cultivate both are verbs.

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

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

Other hyponyms of encourage include connive at, wink at, foster, further, spur, help, carry, feed, conduce, contribute, lead.

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