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cultivate vs down

down vs cultivate

cultivate is not a noun while down is a noun.

cultivate is not an adjective while down is an adjective.

cultivate and down both are verbs.

cultivate is not an adverb while down is an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cultivate No No Yes No
down Yes Yes Yes Yes
As verbs, down is a hypernym of cultivate; that is, down is a word with a broader meaning than cultivate:
  • cultivate: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
  • down: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
Other hypernyms of cultivate include fine-tune, polish, refine.
cultivate (noun) down (noun)
(American football) a complete play to advance the football
soft fine feathers
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
cultivate (adjective) down (adjective)
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
filled with melancholy and despondency
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
becoming progressively lower
not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
lower than previously
shut
being put out in a game of baseball
understood perfectly
cultivate (verb) down (verb)
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
prepare for crops bring down or defeat (an opponent)
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment drink down entirely
promote the growth of eat up completely, as with great appetite
cause to come or go down
shoot at and force to come down
cultivate (adverb) down (adverb)
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
away from a more central or a more northerly place
paid in cash at time of purchase
in an inactive or inoperative state
to a lower intensity
from an earlier time
Difference between cultivate and down

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