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Cherish vs Valuable - What's the difference?

cherish | valuable |

As a verb cherish

is to treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.

As an adjective valuable is

having a great value.

As a noun valuable is

a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.

cherish

English

Verb

  • To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished .}}
  • To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.
  • (obsolete) To cheer, gladden.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.vi:
    • Her merry fit she freshly gan to reare, / And did of ioy and iollitie deuize, / Her selfe to cherish , and her guest to cheare [...].

    valuable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a great value.
    • valuable gemstones
  • estimable; deserving esteem
    • a valuable''' friend; a '''valuable companion

    Synonyms

    * (l), (l)

    Antonyms

    * worthless

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.