nurture vs fosterage

nurture and fosterage both are nouns.

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

As nouns, nurture and fosterage are synonyms defined as:

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

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

nurture (noun)	fosterage (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
the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child	encouragement; aiding the development of something

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