Agriculture vs. Tending — What's the Difference?

Agriculture is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in cities.

To have a tendency

The science, art, and business of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock; farming.

To be disposed or inclined

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock

To move or extend in a certain direction

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.

To have the care of; watch over; look after

A large-scale farming enterprise

To manage the activities and transactions of; run

The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

To be an attendant or servant.

The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862

To apply one's attention; attend

The class of people engaged in growing food

The work of caring for or attending to someone or something;

(usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward;