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Forester vs Foster - What's the difference?

forester | foster |

As nouns the difference between forester and foster

is that forester is a person who practices forestry while foster is a forester.

As proper nouns the difference between forester and foster

is that forester is {{surname|lang=en|A=An occupational|from=occupations}} for someone who lived, or worked in a forest while Foster is {{surname|A=An|English|from=occupations}}, variant of Forster.

As an adjective foster is

providing parental care to unrelated children.

As a verb foster is

to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.

forester

English

Noun

(wikipedia forester) (en noun)
  • A person who practices forestry.
  • (obsolete, or, colloquial) A person who lives in a forest.
  • A moth in the family Zygaenidae.

    • Anagrams

    * fosterer * reforest

    foster

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Providing parental care to unrelated children.
  • Receiving such care
  • Related by such care

    • Noun

  • (countable, obsolete) A forester
  • (uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
  • To cultivate and grow something.
    • Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.
  • To nurse or cherish something.
  • (obsolete) To be nurtured or trained up together.
    • (Spenser)

    Antonyms

    * (cultivate and grow) hinder

    Derived terms

    * fosterable * fosterage * foster-child, foster child * fosterer * foster home * fosterhood * fostering * fosterment * foster parent

    Anagrams

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