The difference between Nurse and Sip

When used as nouns, nurse means a wet-nurse, whereas sip means a small mouthful of drink.

When used as verbs, nurse means to breastfeed, whereas sip means to drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.


check bellow for the other definitions of Nurse and Sip

  1. Nurse as a noun (archaic):

    A wet-nurse.

  2. Nurse as a noun:

    A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people's young.

    Examples:

    "They hired a nurse to care for their young boy"

  3. Nurse as a noun:

    A person trained to provide care for the sick.

    Examples:

    "The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward"

  4. Nurse as a noun:

    One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.

  5. Nurse as a noun (horticulture):

    A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.

  6. Nurse as a noun (nautical):

    A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.

  7. Nurse as a noun:

    A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.

  8. Nurse as a noun:

    A nurse shark.

  1. Nurse as a verb:

    to breastfeed

    Examples:

    "She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy''."

  2. Nurse as a verb:

    to care for the sick

    Examples:

    "She nursed him back to health."

  3. Nurse as a verb:

    to treat kindly and with extra care

    Examples:

    "She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed."

  4. Nurse as a verb:

    to manage with care and economy

    Examples:

    "synonyms husband"

  5. Nurse as a verb:

    to drink slowly

  6. Nurse as a verb:

    to foster, to nourish

  7. Nurse as a verb:

    to hold closely to one's chest

    Examples:

    "Would you like to nurse the puppy?"

  8. Nurse as a verb:

    to strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots

  1. Sip as a noun:

    A small mouthful of drink

  1. Sip as a verb (transitive):

    To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.

  2. Sip as a verb (intransitive):

    To drink a small quantity.

  3. Sip as a verb:

    To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.

  4. Sip as a verb (Scotland, US, dated):

  5. Sip as a verb (figurative):

    to consume slowly — in contrast to faster consumption, in contrast to zero consumption

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