The difference between Foster and Parent
When used as nouns, foster means a foster parent, whereas parent means one of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended.
When used as verbs, foster means to nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child, whereas parent means to act as parent, to raise or rear.
Foster is also adjective with the meaning: providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
check bellow for the other definitions of Foster and Parent
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Foster as an adjective:
Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
Examples:
"foster parents"
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Foster as an adjective:
Receiving such care.
Examples:
"a foster child"
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Foster as an adjective:
Related by such care.
Examples:
"We are a foster family."
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Foster as a noun (countable, informal):
A foster parent.
Examples:
"Some fosters end up adopting."
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Foster as a noun (uncountable):
The care given to another; guardianship.
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Foster as a verb (transitive):
To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
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Foster as a verb (transitive):
To cultivate and grow something.
Examples:
"Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts."
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Foster as a verb (transitive):
To nurse or cherish something.
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Foster as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To be nurtured or trained up together.
Examples:
"rfquotek Edmund Spenser"
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Foster as a noun (obsolete):
A forester.
Examples:
"rfquotek Edmund Spenser"
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Parent as a noun:
One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
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Parent as a noun:
A surrogate mother
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Parent as a noun:
A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material
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Parent as a noun:
A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
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Parent as a noun (obsolete):
A relative.
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Parent as a noun:
The source or origin of something.
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Parent as a noun (biology):
An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
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Parent as a noun (attributive):
Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector. A parent company.
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Parent as a noun (computing):
The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
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Parent as a verb:
To act as parent, to raise or rear.