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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