foster vs cultivate
cultivate vs fosterfoster is an adjective but cultivate is not an adjective.
foster and cultivate both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| foster | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| cultivate | No | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
foster and cultivate
are synonyms defined as:
- foster and cultivate: promote the growth of
Other synonyms of foster include
further.
| foster (adjective) | cultivate (adjective) |
|---|---|
| providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties |
| foster (verb) | cultivate (verb) |
|---|---|
| help develop, help grow | adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment |
| promote the growth of | prepare for crops |
| bring up under fosterage; of children | teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment |
| promote the growth of |
Words related to "foster"
Words related to "cultivate"
- accommodate
- adapt
- advance
- agriculture
- boost
- civilise
- civilize
- crop
- cultivation
- cultivator
- domesticate
- down
- educate
- encourage
- farm
- farming
- fine-tune
- fix
- flora
- foster
- further
- gear up
- grow
- husbandry
- knead
- naturalise
- naturalize
- overcrop
- overcultivate
- plant
- plant life
- polish
- prepare
- produce
- promote
- raise
- ready
- refine
- school
- set
- set up
- sophisticate
- tame
- till
- train
- work
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