Nursery vs. Playschool — What's the Difference?

A room or area in a household set apart for the use of children.

A nursery school, kindergarten

A place for the temporary care of children in the absence of their parents.

A small informal nursery group meeting for half-day sessions

A nursery school.

A place where plants are grown for sale, transplanting, or experimentation.

A place in which something is produced, fostered, or developed.

(countable) A place where breastfeeding]] or the raising of children is carried on.

(by extension) Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children.

A place where the pre-school children of working parents are supervised during the day; a crèche, a daycare centre.

A play]] at the same time.

(Philippines) The first year of pre-school.

A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.

A place where animals breed, or where young animals are naturally or artificially reared (for example, on a farm).

(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.

(sports) A club or team for developing the skills of young players.

(countable) Something which educates and nurtures.

Someone or something that is nursed; a nursling.

The act of nursing or rearing.

The act of nursing.

The place where nursing is carried on

That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.

That which is nursed.

A child's room for a baby

A building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions