What's the difference between hearken and hearten?

Hearken


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply.
  • (v. i.) To inquire; to seek information.
  • (v. t.) To hear by listening.
  • (v. t.) To give heed to; to hear attentively.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In terms of style, the “vintage” yet “updated” line hearkens back to the brand’s rough-and-tumble roots.
  • (2) But in the last century, some druidic orders began hearkening to the rising tides of paganism and pantheism, and by the time hippies and crusties began gathering at the stones to celebrate the solstice, there was at least some common cause between the men with goat-headed staffs and those with long white robes.

Hearten


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden.
  • (v. t.) To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The fact that true friendship really can exist in the Big Brother house was heartening.
  • (2) There is a striking amount of national introspection in a hearteningly vibrant press.
  • (3) Many of us were heartened in 2002 when David Cameron, recognising this problem, argued: "Drugs policy in this country has been failing for decades.
  • (4) So in this era of leaks, and institutions you can't trust it's incredibly heartening that a crowd of people came together to witness a special event and have shown they can be trusted to keep a secret.
  • (5) 9.55am BST Heartening news from Britain's construction sector: it clawed its way back towards growth in April, with a monthly PMI of 49.4 (up from 47.2).
  • (6) There has been a heartening response to the Let Them Stay campaign ... Public opinion is beginning to shift and we think we will get Manus and Nauru closed.” Carrying “Free the refugees” placards and chanting “let them stay”, protesters gathered in Sydney’s Belmore Park before marching through the central business district.
  • (7) Tony Blair became bored and frustrated with domestic policy and – heartened by success in Sierra Leone – decided that it was much more exciting to apply himself to exporting liberal democracy around the world.
  • (8) We should also be heartened by the extraordinary increase in our knowledge of embryonic development in Drosophila as a result of just such a strategy.
  • (9) I'd go on and listen and be heartened by the way women were responding."
  • (10) Chelsea must rise to that challenge, and their refusal to wilt was heartening, prompting comparisons with Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United, whose constant probing would often draw late rewards from apparent lost causes.
  • (11) In this regard it is heartening that operating funds for the institutes at NIH other than NCI will increase by $264 million in 1974.
  • (12) A fellow Democrat, Joe Manchin, who has opposed military action, said he was heartened by the meeting and said he would pursue a separate resolution giving the Syrians time to comply.
  • (13) This is, on the face of it, a rare and heartening case of disparate peoples being led to a common conclusion by evidence and reason, but serendipity played its part too.
  • (14) We are greatly heartened there will not be a long, arduous wait for the next milestone to arrive,” he said.
  • (15) UN Women's executive director, Michelle Bachelet, said she was "particularly heartened" that an agreement was reached this year.
  • (16) "The performance of consumer goods producers was especially heartening in May, with output rising for the first time in 14 months," said Markit's Dobson.
  • (17) Benjamin explains that having a direct route to others online as a young person was a heartening way of connecting when he felt "very isolated".
  • (18) The same implications than would so hearten the Lib Dems about the result would dismay the Tories.
  • (19) At a meeting between car manufacturers and Davis on Monday, attendees were said to be heartened that the government increasingly understood the need for them to retain access to European markets but were worried there was little plan for achieving this.
  • (20) Johnson's riposte has been to start a rerun of the whole process , scheduling it to end handily close to an expected change of government and surely heartened by shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt's indication that he, unlike Bradshaw, wouldn't prevent Johnson from getting his way.