inspire vs encourage

inspire and encourage both are verbs.

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

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

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

inspire (verb)	encourage (verb)
draw in (air)	spur on
fill with revolutionary ideas	inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
serve as the inciting cause of	contribute to the progress or growth of
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
supply the inspiration for
heighten or intensify