WordCmp.com

nurture vs upbringing

upbringing vs nurture

nurture and upbringing both are nouns.

nurture is a verb but upbringing is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
nurture Yes No Yes No
upbringing Yes No No No
As nouns, nurture and upbringing are synonyms defined as:
  • nurture and upbringing: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
Other synonyms of nurture include breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, raising, rearing.
As nouns, upbringing is a hypernym of nurture; that is, upbringing is a word with a broader meaning than nurture:
  • nurture: the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
  • upbringing: properties acquired during a person's formative years
nurture (noun) upbringing (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 properties acquired during a person's formative years
nurture (verb) upbringing (verb)
help develop, help grow
provide with nourishment
look after a child until it is an adult
Difference between nurture and upbringing

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.