cradle vs nurture

nurture vs cradle

cradle and nurture both are nouns.

cradle and nurture both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cradle	Yes	No	Yes	No
nurture	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, nurture is a hypernym of cradle; that is, nurture is a word with a broader meaning than cradle:

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

Other hypernyms of cradle include bring up, parent, raise, rear.

cradle (noun)	nurture (noun)
a baby bed with sides and rockers	helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
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	the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
birth of a person

cradle (verb)	nurture (verb)
run with the stick	help develop, help grow
hold gently and carefully	provide with nourishment
wash in a cradle	look after a child until it is an adult
cut grain with a cradle scythe
hold or place in or as if in a cradle
bring up from infancy

Difference between cradle and nurture

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