Cultivated vs Nurtured - What's the difference?
cultivated | nurtured |
(cultivate)
(of a person) cultured, refined, educated
(of a plant) grown by cultivation (not wild)
(of land) farmed
(nurture)
The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.
That which nourishes; food; diet.
The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual; see also nature.
* Milton
To nourish or nurse.
(figuratively, by extension) To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.
* 2009 , UNESCO, The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Freshwater and International Law (the Interplay between Universal, Regional and Basin Perspectives) , page 10, ISBN 9231041363
As verbs the difference between cultivated and nurtured
is that cultivated is (cultivate) while nurtured is (nurture).As an adjective cultivated
is (of a person) cultured, refined, educated.cultivated
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(head)Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* See alsonurtured
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(head)nurture
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(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)- (Spenser)
- A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise.
Verb
(nurtur)- The relationships between universal norms and specific norms nurture the development of international law.