Synonym Study

• School , often equivalent to any of the preceding, sometimes specifically connotes a disciplining to endure something difficult he had to school himself to obedience
• Train implies the development of a particular faculty or skill, or instruction toward a particular occupation, as by methodical discipline, exercise, etc. he was trained as a mechanic
• Educate stresses the development of latent faculties and powers by formal, systematic teaching he was educated in European universities
• Instruct implies systematized teaching, usually in some particular subject she instructs us in chemistry
• Teach is the basic, inclusive word for the imparting of knowledge or skills and usually connotes some individual attention to the learner he taught her how to skate, she teaches astronomy