The difference between Foster and Surrogate
When used as nouns, foster means a foster parent, whereas surrogate means a substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
When used as verbs, foster means to nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child, whereas surrogate means to replace or substitute something with something else.
When used as adjectives, foster means providing parental care to children not related to oneself, whereas surrogate means of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.
check bellow for the other definitions of Foster and Surrogate
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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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Surrogate as a noun:
A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
Examples:
"A mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi."
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Surrogate as a noun:
A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate mother.
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Surrogate as a noun (chiefly, British):
A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
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Surrogate as a noun (US, _, legal):
A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and interstate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
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Surrogate as a noun (computing):
Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
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Surrogate as an adjective:
Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.
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Surrogate as a verb (transitive):
To replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor.