bring up vs cradle

cradle vs bring up

bring up is not a noun while cradle is a noun.

bring up and cradle both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bring up	No	No	Yes	No
cradle	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cradle is a hyponym of bring up; that is, cradle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bring up:

bring up: look after a child until it is an adult
cradle: bring up from infancy

Other hyponyms of bring up include fledge, foster.

bring up (noun)	cradle (noun)
	a baby bed with sides and rockers
	a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold
	where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
	birth of a person

bring up (verb)	cradle (verb)
cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes	run with the stick
make reference to	hold gently and carefully
put forward for consideration or discussion	wash in a cradle
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic	cut grain with a cradle scythe
raise from a lower to a higher position	hold or place in or as if in a cradle
cause to come to a sudden stop	bring up from infancy
look after a child until it is an adult
promote from a lower position or rank

Difference between bring up and cradle

Words related to "cradle"

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