Nursery vs. Nurture — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Nursery and Nurture
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Nursery
A room or area in a household set apart for the use of children.
Nurture
The action of raising or caring for offspring
The nurture of an infant.
Nursery
A place for the temporary care of children in the absence of their parents.
Nurture
(Biology) The sum of environmental influences and conditions acting on an organism, especially in contrast to heredity.
Nursery
A nursery school.
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Nurture
The fostering or overseeing of the development of something
The nurture of an idea.
Nursery
A place where plants are grown for sale, transplanting, or experimentation.
Nurture
Something that nourishes; sustenance
"The butterfly poked its tiny proboscis down into her hair, probing for nurture" (Barbara Kingsolver).
Nursery
A place in which something is produced, fostered, or developed.
Nurture
To raise or educate (a child, for example).
Nursery
(countable) A place where breastfeeding]] or the raising of children is carried on.
Nurture
To encourage or help develop; cultivate
"a small college town that had nurtured his intellectual and creative pursuits" (James S. Hirsch).
Nursery
(by extension) Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children.
Nurture
To provide sustenance for; nourish
The meadow that nurtures the cattle.
Nursery
A place where the pre-school children of working parents are supervised during the day; a crèche, a daycare centre.
Nurture
The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care
Nursery
A play]] at the same time.
Nurture
That which nourishes; food; diet.
Nursery
(Philippines) The first year of pre-school.
Nurture
The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual (as opposed to "nature").
Nursery
A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
Nurture
To nourish or nurse.
Nursery
A place where animals breed, or where young animals are naturally or artificially reared (for example, on a farm).
Nurture
To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.
Nursery
(horticulture) A place where young shrubs, trees, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting, or (more generally) made available for public sale, a garden centre; also (obsolete) a plantation of young trees.
Nurture
The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.
A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise.
Nursery
(sports) A club or team for developing the skills of young players.
Nurture
That which nourishes; food; diet.
Nursery
(countable) Something which educates and nurtures.
Commerce is the nursery of seamen.
Nurture
To feed; to nourish.
Nursery
Someone or something that is nursed; a nursling.
Nurture
To educate; to bring or train up.
He was nurtured where he had been born.
Nursery
The act of nursing or rearing.
Nurture
The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
Nursery
The act of nursing.
Nurture
Raising someone to be an accepted member of the community;
They debated whether nature or nurture was more important
Nursery
The place where nursing is carried on
Christian families are the nurseries of the church on earth, as she is the nursery of the church in heaven.
Nurture
Help develop, help grow;
Nurture his talents
Nursery
That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.
Nurture
Bring up;
Raise a family
Bring up children
Nursery
That which is nursed.
Nurture
Provide with nourishment;
We sustained ourselves on bread and water
This kind of food is not nourishing for young children
Nursery
A child's room for a baby
Nursery
A building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
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