Nursery vs Childcare - What's the difference?
nursery | childcare |
(lb) The act of nursing.
* 1606 , (William Shakespeare), King Lear , sc.1:
(lb) A place where nursing is carried on.
# A room or area in a household set apart for the care of children; specifically in European countries.
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# A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting; a plantation of young trees.
# The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
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#* John Mitchell Mason, (1770-1829)
# A nursery school.
That which forms and educates.
(lb) That which is nursed.
The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.
* 1993 Amitai Etzioni - The parenting deficit
As nouns the difference between nursery and childcare
is that nursery is (lb) the act of nursing while childcare is the act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.nursery
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(nurseries)- I loved her most, and thought to set my rest / On her kind nursery .
- But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.
- Fair Padua, nursery of arts.
- Christian families are the nurseries' of the church on earth, as she is the ' nursery of the church in heaven.
Derived terms
* nursery rhyme * nursery school * stellar nursery * workplace nursery * night nursery * day nurserychildcare
English
Alternative forms
* child-care, child careNoun
(-)- Today most childcare centres are woefully understaffed with poorly paid and underqualified personnel. Child care workers in both the USA and UK are in the lowest tenth of all wage earners.