Fester vs. Foster — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fester and Foster
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Definitions
Fester➦
To generate pus; suppurate.
Foster➦
To bring up; nurture
Bear and foster offspring.
Fester➦
To form an ulcer.
Foster➦
To promote the growth and development of; cultivate
Detect and foster artistic talent.
Fester➦
To undergo decay; rot.
Foster➦
To nurse; cherish
Foster a secret hope.
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Fester➦
To be or become an increasing source of irritation or poisoning; rankle
Bitterness that festered and grew.
Foster➦
Providing parental care and nurture to children not related through legal or blood ties
Foster parents.
Foster grandparents.
A foster home.
Fester➦
To be subject to or exist in a condition of decline
Allowed the once beautiful park to fester.
Foster➦
Receiving parental care and nurture from those not related to one through legal or blood ties
Foster children.
Fester➦
To infect, inflame, or corrupt.
Foster➦
Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
Foster parents
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Fester➦
A small festering sore or ulcer; a pustule.
Foster➦
Receiving such care.
A foster child
Fester➦
A fistula.
Foster➦
Related by such care.
We are a foster family.
Fester➦
(pathology) A sore or an ulcer of the skin.
Foster➦
A foster parent.
Some fosters end up adopting.
Fester➦
The condition of something that festers; a festering; a festerment.
Foster➦
(uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship.
Fester➦
(intransitive) To become septic; to become rotten.
Foster➦
(transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
Fester➦
(intransitive) To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.
Deal with the problem immediately; do not let it fester.
Foster➦
(transitive) To cultivate and grow something.
Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.
Fester➦
(transitive) To cause to fester or rankle.
Foster➦
(transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
Fester➦
To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.
Wounds immedicableRankle, and fester, and gangrene.
Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester.
Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil.
Foster➦
To be nurtured or trained up together.
Fester➦
To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.
Foster➦
To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.
Some say that ravens foster forlorn children.
Fester➦
To cause to fester or rankle.
For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate,And festered ranking malice in my breast.
Foster➦
To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius.
Fester➦
A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.
Foster➦
To be nourished or trained up together.
Fester➦
A festering or rankling.
The fester of the chain their necks.
Foster➦
Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; - applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood.
Fester➦
A sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
Foster➦
A forester.
Fester➦
Ripen and generate pus;
Her wounds are festering
Foster➦
United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)
Foster➦
Promote the growth of;
Foster our children's well-being and education
Foster➦
Bring up under fosterage; of children
Foster➦
Help develop, help grow;
Nurture his talents
Foster➦
Providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties;
Foster parent
Foster child
Foster home
Surrogate father
