Creche vs. Preschool — What's the Difference?

A representation of the Nativity, usually with statues or figurines.

A preschool, also known as nursery school, pre-primary school, or play school, is an educational establishment or learning space offering early childhood education to children before they begin compulsory education at primary school. It may be publicly or privately operated, and may be subsidized from public funds.

A hospital for foundlings.

Of, relating to, intended for, or being the early years of childhood that precede the beginning of elementary school.

Chiefly British A day nursery.

A school for children who are not old enough to attend kindergarten; a nursery school.

Alternative form of crèche

Of or relating to the years of early childhood before attendance at primary school.

A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work.

A nursery school.

A day-care center for young children.

(transitive) To provide nursery school education for.

A three-dimensional model of the scene described in the Bible at the birth of Jesus Christ in a stable at Bethlehem, with Mary and Joseph near a manger in which a model of the infant Christ child is lain, and usually including figures of animals, shepherds, and the three wise men; - also called a Nativity scene. The figures in the scene are typically made as individual statues or figurines. Smaller models are displayed in homes and other indoor locations during the Christmans season, and larger models, often life-size, may be displayed out of doors.

(intransitive) To undergo nursery school education.

A nest where the young of several animals are cared for in a communal fashion.

An educational institution for children too young for elementary school

A hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for

A representation of Christ's nativity in the stable at Bethlehem