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Foster vs Fillip - What's the difference?

foster | fillip |

In transitive terms the difference between foster and fillip

is that foster is to nurse or cherish something while fillip is to make a fillip; drive by or as by a fillip; stimulate; excite; whet.

As an adjective foster

is providing parental care to unrelated children.

As a proper noun Foster

is {{surname|A=An|English|from=occupations}}, variant of Forster.

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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    fillip

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A flick; the act of releasing the index finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap.
  • Something that excites or stimulates.
    • This measure gave a fillip to the housing market.
    This athlete's victory provided a much-needed fillip for national pride.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To strike or project with the nail of a finger snapped from the end of the thumb; flick.
  • * Shakespeare
    • You fillip me o' the head.
  • To tap or strike smartly.
  • To make a fillip; drive by or as by a fillip; stimulate; excite; whet.
    • The spicy aroma filliped my appetite.
  • * 1851 ,
    • Grand snoozing to-night, maty; fat night for that. I mark this in our old Mogul’s wine; it’s quite as deadening to some as filliping to others.
  • To snap; to project quickly.
  • * Tylor
    • the use of the elastic switch to fillip small missiles with