Foster vs. Nourish — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Foster and Nourish
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Definitions
Foster
To bring up; nurture
Bear and foster offspring.
Nourish
To provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth; feed.
Foster
To promote the growth and development of; cultivate
Detect and foster artistic talent.
Nourish
To foster the development of; promote
"Athens was an imperial city, nourished by the tribute of subjects" (V. Gordon Childe).
Foster
To nurse; cherish
Foster a secret hope.
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Nourish
To keep alive; maintain
Nourish a hope.
Foster
Providing parental care and nurture to children not related through legal or blood ties
Foster parents.
Foster grandparents.
A foster home.
Nourish
(obsolete) A nurse.
Foster
Receiving parental care and nurture from those not related to one through legal or blood ties
Foster children.
Nourish
(transitive) To feed and cause to grow; to supply with food or other matter which increases weight and promotes health.
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Foster
Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
Foster parents
Nourish
(transitive) To support; to maintain; to be responsible for.
Foster
Receiving such care.
A foster child
Nourish
(transitive) To encourage; to foster; to stimulate
Foster
Related by such care.
We are a foster family.
Nourish
(transitive)To cherish; to comfort.
Foster
A foster parent.
Some fosters end up adopting.
Nourish
To educate or bring up; to nurture; to promote emotional, spiritual or other non-physical growth.
Foster
(uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship.
Nourish
(intransitive) To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
This type of nourishes very well.
Foster
(transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
Nourish
To gain nourishment.
Foster
(transitive) To cultivate and grow something.
Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.
Nourish
To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.
He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
Foster
(transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
Nourish
To support; to maintain.
Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band.
Foster
To be nurtured or trained up together.
Nourish
To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.
Foster
To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.
Some say that ravens foster forlorn children.
Nourish
To cherish; to comfort.
Ye have nourished your hearts.
Foster
To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius.
Nourish
To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments.
Nourished up in the words of faith.
Foster
To be nourished or trained up together.
Nourish
To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
Grains and roots nourish more than their leaves.
Foster
Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; - applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood.
Nourish
To gain nourishment.
Foster
A forester.
Nourish
A nurse.
Foster
United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)
Nourish
Provide with nourishment;
We sustained ourselves on bread and water
This kind of food is not nourishing for young children
Foster
Promote the growth of;
Foster our children's well-being and education
Nourish
Give nourishment to
Foster
Bring up under fosterage; of children
Foster
Help develop, help grow;
Nurture his talents
Foster
Providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties;
Foster parent
Foster child
Foster home
Surrogate father
