The difference between Nurse and Tend
When used as verbs, nurse means to breastfeed, whereas tend means to kindle.
Nurse is also noun with the meaning: a wet-nurse.
check bellow for the other definitions of Nurse and Tend
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Nurse as a noun (archaic):
A wet-nurse.
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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"
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Nurse as a noun:
A person trained to provide care for the sick.
Examples:
"The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward"
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Nurse as a noun:
One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.
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Nurse as a noun (horticulture):
A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
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Nurse as a noun (nautical):
A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
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Nurse as a noun:
A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
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Nurse as a noun:
A nurse shark.
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Nurse as a verb:
to breastfeed
Examples:
"She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy''."
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Nurse as a verb:
to care for the sick
Examples:
"She nursed him back to health."
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Nurse as a verb:
to treat kindly and with extra care
Examples:
"She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed."
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Nurse as a verb:
to manage with care and economy
Examples:
"synonyms husband"
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Nurse as a verb:
to drink slowly
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Nurse as a verb:
to foster, to nourish
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Nurse as a verb:
to hold closely to one's chest
Examples:
"Would you like to nurse the puppy?"
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Nurse as a verb:
to strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots
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Tend as a verb (transitive, now, _, chiefly, _, dialectal):
To kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn.
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Tend as a verb (legal, Old English law):
To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
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Tend as a verb (followed by a to infinitive):
To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain characteristic.
Examples:
"They tend to go out on Saturdays."
"It tends to snow here in winter."
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Tend as a verb (with to):
To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
Examples:
"We need to tend to the garden, which has become a mess."
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Tend as a verb:
To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard.
Examples:
"Shepherds tend their flocks."
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Tend as a verb:
To wait (upon), as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend.
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Tend as a verb (obsolete):
To await; to expect.
Examples:
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Tend as a verb (obsolete):
To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
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Tend as a verb (transitive, nautical):
To manage (an anchored vessel) when the tide turns, to prevent it from entangling the cable when swinging.