mindmap root((教授)) teach applies to any manner of imparting information or skill so that others may learn: ~ them how to ski. instruct suggests a methodical or formal teaching: ~ the recruits in calisthenics at boot camp. educate implies an attempt to bring out and develop latent capabilities: ~ students so that they are prepared for the future. train stresses an instructing and drilling with a specific end in view: ~ed foreign pilots to operate the new aircraft. discipline implies a subordinating to a master or a subjection to control: ~d herself to exercise daily. school implies a training or disciplining especially in what is hard to master or to bear: ~ed myself not to flinch at the sight of blood.