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nanny vs wet nurse

wet nurse vs nanny

nanny and wet nurse both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
nanny Yes No No No
wet nurse Yes No No No
As nouns, wet nurse is a hyponym of nanny; that is, wet nurse is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than nanny:
  • nanny: a woman who is the custodian of children
  • wet nurse: a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
Other hyponyms of nanny include dry nurse, mammy, amah, wet-nurse, wetnurse.
nanny (noun) wet nurse (noun)
female goat a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
a woman who is the custodian of children
Difference between nanny and wet nurse

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