fosterage vs nurture

fosterage and nurture both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fosterage	Yes	No	No	No
nurture	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, fosterage and nurture are synonyms defined as:

fosterage and nurture: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

Other synonyms of fosterage include breeding, bringing up, fostering, raising, rearing, upbringing.

fosterage (noun)	nurture (noun)
helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community	helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
encouragement; aiding the development of something	the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

fosterage (verb)	nurture (verb)
	help develop, help grow
	provide with nourishment
	look after a child until it is an adult