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Disciplinarian vs. Nurture — What's the Difference?

Disciplinarian vs. Nurture — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Disciplinarian and Nurture

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Disciplinarian

One that enforces or believes in strict discipline.

Nurture

The action of raising or caring for offspring
The nurture of an infant.

Disciplinarian

Disciplinary.

Nurture

(Biology) The sum of environmental influences and conditions acting on an organism, especially in contrast to heredity.

Disciplinarian

One who exercises discipline.
He is the chief disciplinarian in the school.
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Nurture

The fostering or overseeing of the development of something
The nurture of an idea.

Disciplinarian

(by extension) One who believes in discipline as a tool for regulation or control.

Nurture

Something that nourishes; sustenance
"The butterfly poked its tiny proboscis down into her hair, probing for nurture" (Barbara Kingsolver).

Disciplinarian

Relating to discipline.

Nurture

To raise or educate (a child, for example).

Disciplinarian

Pertaining to discipline.

Nurture

To encourage or help develop; cultivate
"a small college town that had nurtured his intellectual and creative pursuits" (James S. Hirsch).

Disciplinarian

One who disciplines; one who excels in training, especially with training, especially with regard to order and obedience; one who enforces rigid discipline; a stickler for the observance of rules and methods of training; as, he is a better disciplinarian than scholar.

Nurture

To provide sustenance for; nourish
The meadow that nurtures the cattle.

Disciplinarian

A Puritan or Presbyterian; - because of rigid adherence to religious or church discipline.

Nurture

The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care

Disciplinarian

Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms

Nurture

That which nourishes; food; diet.

Nurture

The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual (as opposed to "nature").

Nurture

To nourish or nurse.

Nurture

To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.

Nurture

The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.
A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise.

Nurture

That which nourishes; food; diet.

Nurture

To feed; to nourish.

Nurture

To educate; to bring or train up.
He was nurtured where he had been born.

Nurture

The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

Nurture

Raising someone to be an accepted member of the community;
They debated whether nature or nurture was more important

Nurture

Help develop, help grow;
Nurture his talents

Nurture

Bring up;
Raise a family
Bring up children

Nurture

Provide with nourishment;
We sustained ourselves on bread and water
This kind of food is not nourishing for young children

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