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instruct vs educate

educate vs instruct

instruct and educate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
instruct No No Yes No
educate No No Yes No
As verbs, educate is a hyponym of instruct; that is, educate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than instruct:
  • instruct: impart skills or knowledge to
  • educate: create by training and teaching
instruct (verb) educate (verb)
impart skills or knowledge to create by training and teaching
give instructions or directions for some task give an education to
make aware of teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
Difference between instruct and educate

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