Preside vs Nurture - What's the difference?
preside | nurture |
To act as president or chairperson.
To exercise authority or control, oversit.
(music) To be a featured solo performer.
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
As verbs the difference between preside and nurture
is that preside is while nurture is to nourish or nurse.As a noun nurture is
the act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.preside
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(presid)nurture
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(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.