Foster vs Engagement - What's the difference?
foster | engagement |
Providing parental care to unrelated children.
Receiving such care
Related by such care
(countable, obsolete) A forester
(uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship
To nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
To cultivate and grow something.
To nurse or cherish something.
(obsolete) To be nurtured or trained up together.
(countable) an appointment, especially to speak or perform
(uncountable) connection or attachment
(countable or uncountable) the period of time when marriage is planned or promised
In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.
(fencing) the point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter.
As a proper noun foster
is , variant of forster.As a noun engagement is
engagement.foster
English
Adjective
(-)Noun
Verb
(en verb)- Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.
- (Spenser)
Antonyms
* (cultivate and grow) hinderDerived terms
* fosterable * fosterage * foster-child, foster child * fosterer * foster home * fosterhood * fostering * fosterment * foster parentAnagrams
* * * * ----engagement
English
Noun
(wikipedia engagement) (en noun)- The lecturer has three speaking engagements this week.
- Check the gears for full engagement before turning the handle.
- We are enjoying a long engagement , but haven't yet set a date.
- The engagement resulted in many casualties.
- After engagement it quickly became clear which of the fencers was going to prevail .