Like and Nurture

Like

Like verb - To wish to have.

Nurture and like are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nurture" instead a verb "Like".

Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

Nurture

Nurture verb - To help the growth or development of.

Like and nurture are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Like" instead a verb "Nurture".

Nearby Words: nurtured, nurturing

Common collocations

life like life nurture life
children like children nurture children
type like type nurture type
characters like characters nurture characters
Other words: cats.

Both words in one sentence

  • Why is unclear, especially since only nurture separates them from being like their more war-like counterparts, the Moredhel.
  • Podcast / The Dollop Nurture: Another recurring subject, the hosts occasionally confess to wondering what they themselves would have been like if raised in the societies being discussed.
  • Disney / Tarzan Nurture: A big part of the conflict, probably the main one, revolves around Tarzan's struggle to decide whether he belongs with those who raised him and who he's been friends with his whole life, or with the creatures who look like him, think like him, and whom he came from.
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