down vs cultivate

cultivate vs down

down is a noun but cultivate is not a noun.

down is an adjective but cultivate is not an adjective.

down and cultivate both are verbs.

down is an adverb but cultivate is not an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
down	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
cultivate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cultivate is a hyponym of down; that is, cultivate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than down:

down: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
cultivate: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

Other hyponyms of down include over-refine, overrefine, civilise, civilize, educate, school, train.

down (noun)	cultivate (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

down (adjective)	cultivate (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

down (verb)	cultivate (verb)
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing	adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
bring down or defeat (an opponent)	prepare for crops
drink down entirely	teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
eat up completely, as with great appetite	promote the growth of
cause to come or go down
shoot at and force to come down

down (adverb)	cultivate (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

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