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Nurturance vs. Nurture: What's the Difference?

Nurturance and Nurture Definitions

Nurturance

The providing of loving care and attention.

Nurture

The action of raising or caring for offspring
The nurture of an infant.

Nurturance

(psychology) The provision of physical and emotional care.

Nurture

(Biology) The sum of environmental influences and conditions acting on an organism, especially in contrast to heredity.

Nurturance

Physical and emotional care and nourishment
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Nurture

The fostering or overseeing of the development of something
The nurture of an idea.

Nurture

Something that nourishes; sustenance
"The butterfly poked its tiny proboscis down into her hair, probing for nurture" (Barbara Kingsolver).

Nurture

To raise or educate (a child, for example).

Nurture

To encourage or help develop; cultivate
"a small college town that had nurtured his intellectual and creative pursuits" (James S. Hirsch).

Nurture

To provide sustenance for; nourish
The meadow that nurtures the cattle.
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Nurture

The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care

Nurture

That which nourishes; food; diet.

Nurture

The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual (as opposed to "nature").

Nurture

To nourish or nurse.

Nurture

To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.

Nurture

The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.
A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise.

Nurture

That which nourishes; food; diet.

Nurture

To feed; to nourish.

Nurture

To educate; to bring or train up.
He was nurtured where he had been born.

Nurture

The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

Nurture

Raising someone to be an accepted member of the community;
They debated whether nature or nurture was more important

Nurture

Help develop, help grow;
Nurture his talents

Nurture

Bring up;
Raise a family
Bring up children

Nurture

Provide with nourishment;
We sustained ourselves on bread and water
This kind of food is not nourishing for young children

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