Cultivate vs Acculturate - What's the difference?
cultivate | acculturate |
To grow plants, notably crops
To nurture; to foster; to tend.
To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.
To change one's culture based on the influence of another culture, especially a more advanced culture.
To change by acquiring the culture of society, starting at birth.
To be changed by acculturation.
As verbs the difference between cultivate and acculturate
is that cultivate is to grow plants, notably crops while acculturate is to change one's culture based on the influence of another culture, especially a more advanced culture.cultivate
English
Verb
(cultivat)- Farmers should cultivate their crops to get a good harvest.
- They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.
