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fine-tune vs cultivate

cultivate vs fine-tune

fine-tune and cultivate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fine-tune No No Yes No
cultivate No No Yes No
As verbs, cultivate is a hyponym of fine-tune; that is, cultivate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fine-tune:
  • fine-tune: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
  • cultivate: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
Other hyponyms of fine-tune include over-refine, overrefine, civilise, civilize, educate, school, train.
fine-tune (verb) cultivate (verb)
adjust finely adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing prepare for crops
make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
promote the growth of
Difference between fine-tune and cultivate

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