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Nursery vs. Nurture — What's the Difference?

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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