Nurture vs Mature - What's the difference?
nurture | mature |
The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.
That which nourishes; food; diet.
The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual; see also nature.
* Milton
To nourish or nurse.
(figuratively, by extension) To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.
* 2009 , UNESCO, The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Freshwater and International Law (the Interplay between Universal, Regional and Basin Perspectives) , page 10, ISBN 9231041363
Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
Profound; careful.
(obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
To become mature; to ripen.
To gain experience or wisdom with age.
(finance) To reach the date when payment is due
As verbs the difference between nurture and mature
is that nurture is to nourish or nurse while mature is to become mature; to ripen.As a noun nurture
is the act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.As an adjective mature is
fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.nurture
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)- (Spenser)
- A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise.
Verb
(nurtur)- The relationships between universal norms and specific norms nurture the development of international law.
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English
Adjective
(en-adj)- She is quite mature for her age.
- The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.
