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Cultivate vs Grown - What's the difference?

cultivate | grown |

As verbs the difference between cultivate and grown

is that cultivate is to grow plants, notably crops while grown is .

As an adjective grown is

covered by growth; overgrown.

cultivate

English

Verb

(cultivat)
  • To grow plants, notably crops
  • Farmers should cultivate their crops to get a good harvest.
  • To nurture; to foster; to tend.
  • They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.
  • To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.
  • Derived terms

    * cultivable * cultivar * cultivated * cultivation * cultivator * uncultivated

    grown

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Covered by growth; overgrown.
  • What one was a farm was grown with trees.