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educate vs learn

learn vs educate

educate and learn both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
educate No No Yes No
learn No No Yes No
As verbs, learn is a hypernym of educate; that is, learn is a word with a broader meaning than educate:
  • educate: create by training and teaching
  • learn: impart skills or knowledge to
Other hypernyms of educate include instruct, teach.
educate (verb) learn (verb)
create by training and teaching gain knowledge or skills
give an education to get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment be a student of a certain subject
commit to memory; learn by heart
impart skills or knowledge to
find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
Difference between educate and learn

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