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Caring vs Nursing - What's the difference?

caring | nursing |

As adjectives the difference between caring and nursing

is that caring is (of a person) kind, sensitive, empathetic while nursing is in the state of suckling young, lactating.

As verbs the difference between caring and nursing

is that caring is while nursing is .

As nouns the difference between caring and nursing

is that caring is the act of one who cares while nursing is breastfeeding.

caring

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a person) Kind, sensitive, empathetic.
  • She's a very caring person; she always has a kind word for everyone.

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who cares.
  • * 1988 , Thomas Stephen Szasz, The Myth of Psychotherapy (page 183)
  • As I showed, although some rhetoricians, such as Mesmer and Erb, claimed that their interventions were medical treatments, others, such as Freud and Jung, claimed that their interventions were both medical curings and spiritual carings .

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    nursing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In the state of suckling young, lactating.
  • The nursing bear wouldn't move far until her cubs were older.
  • Referring to nurses.
  • The nursing staff worked overtime at the hospital.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • breastfeeding
  • The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.
  • She went into nursing as a career.

    Verb

    (head)
  • The mother sat there nursing her baby.

    Derived terms

    * nursing bra

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