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Nurture vs Nosh - What's the difference?

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Nurture is a related term of nosh.


As nouns the difference between nurture and nosh

is that nurture is the act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training while nosh is food; a light meal or snack.

As verbs the difference between nurture and nosh

is that nurture is to nourish or nurse while nosh is to eat a snack or light meal.

nurture

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.
  • That which nourishes; food; diet.
  • (Spenser)
  • The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual; see also nature.
  • * Milton
  • A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise.

    Verb

    (nurtur)
  • 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
  • The relationships between universal norms and specific norms nurture the development of international law.

    nosh

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • Food; a light meal or snack.
  • (slang, UK) Fellatio.
  • Verb

    (es)
  • To eat a snack or light meal.
  • They were noshing on fruit.
  • (slang, UK) To perform fellatio (on); to blow.
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