grow vs cultivate

cultivate vs grow

grow and cultivate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
grow	No	No	Yes	No
cultivate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cultivate is a hypernym of grow; that is, cultivate is a word with a broader meaning than grow:

grow: cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
cultivate: promote the growth of

Other hypernyms of grow include foster, further.

grow (verb)	cultivate (verb)
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)	adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain	prepare for crops
cause to grow or develop	teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
increase in size by natural process	promote the growth of
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
grow emotionally or mature
become attached by or as if by the process of growth
cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
come into existence; take on form or shape

Difference between grow and cultivate

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