Foster vs Instill - What's the difference?
foster | instill |
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.
As verbs the difference between foster and instill
is that foster is to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child while instill is to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.As an adjective foster
is providing parental care to unrelated children.As a noun foster
is a forester.As a proper noun Foster
is {{surname|A=An|English|from=occupations}}, variant of Forster.foster
English
Adjective
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Verb
(en verb)- Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.
- (Spenser)