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Viands vs Nurture - What's the difference?

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Viands is a related term of nurture.


As nouns the difference between viands and nurture

is that viands is while nurture is the act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.

As a verb nurture is

to nourish or nurse.

viands

English

Noun

(head) (plural )
  • provisions, victuals
  • * 1610 , , act 3 scene 3
  • FRANCISCO.
    They vanish'd strangely.
    SEBASTIAN.
    No matter, since
    They have left their viands behind; for we have stomachs.ā€”
    Will't please you taste of what is here?

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    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 ā€“ NĀ° 3 - 2009 ā€“ 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.