Aspire vs. Inspire

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  • Aspire (verb)

    To hope or dream; especially to hope or work towards a profession or occupation (followed by to as a preposition or infinitive particle).

    “He aspires to become a successful doctor.”

  • Aspire (verb)

    To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.

  • Aspire (verb)

    To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.

  • Inspire (verb)

    To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.

  • Inspire (verb)

    To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.

    “Elders should inspire children with sentiments of virtue.”

  • Inspire (verb)

    To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.

  • Inspire (verb)

    To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.

  • Inspire (verb)

    To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

  • Inspire (verb)

    To spread rumour indirectly.

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