Foster vs Propel - What's the difference?
foster | propel |
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.
To cause to move in a certain direction.
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter V
To make to arrive to a certain situation or result.
* 2005 , .
As verbs the difference between foster and propel
is that foster is to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child while propel is to cause to move in a certain direction.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
(-)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
* * * * ----propel
English
Verb
- When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
- I can discern your nature and see that even without any arguments (logoi) from me it will propel you to what you say you are drawn towards,
