Playgroup vs Nursery - What's the difference?
playgroup | nursery |
A group of children who meet together for supervised play.
A group of gamers who meet together, especially for role-playing games.
(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.
As nouns the difference between playgroup and nursery
is that playgroup is a group of children who meet together for supervised play while nursery is the act of nursing.playgroup
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(wikipedia playgroup)Noun
(en noun)nursery
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(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.