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educate vs teach

teach vs educate

educate and teach both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
educate No No Yes No
teach No No Yes No
As verbs, teach is a hypernym of educate; that is, teach is a word with a broader meaning than educate:
  • educate: create by training and teaching
  • teach: impart skills or knowledge to
Other hypernyms of educate include instruct, learn.
educate (verb) teach (verb)
create by training and teaching accustom gradually to some action or attitude
give an education to impart skills or knowledge to
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
Difference between educate and teach

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