Nurse and Spoil

Nurse

Nurse verb - To attend to the needs and comforts of.
Usage example: willingly lent a hand to nurse his grandmother in her final years, helping her get from one room to the other and making sure she was warm

Spoil and nurse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spoil" instead a verb "Nurse".

Nearby Words: nursed, nursery, nursing, nurseling

Spoil

Spoil verb - To treat with great or excessive care.
Usage example: when they were newlyweds, the wife tended to spoil her husband, but she soon got over that

Nurse and spoil are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nurse" instead a verb "Spoil".

Nearby Words: spoiled, spoiling, spoilage, spoilt, spoiler

Common collocations

people nurse people spoil people
parts nurse parts spoil parts
child nurse child spoil child
babies nurse babies spoil babies
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