different between cultivate vs fertilize

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cultiv?tus, perfect passive participle of cultiv? (“till, cultivate”), from cult?vus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of col? (“till, cultivate”), which comes from earlier *quel?, from Proto-Indo-European *k?el- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ???? (pél?) and Sanskrit ???? (cárati). The same Proto-Indo-European root also gave Latin in-quil-?nus (“inhabitant”) and anculus (“servant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?lt?ve?t/
• Hyphenation: cul?ti?vate

Verb

cultivate (third-person singular simple present cultivates, present participle cultivating, simple past and past participle cultivated)

1. To grow plants, notably crops.

2. (figuratively) To nurture; to foster; to tend.
3. To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.

Derived terms

Translations

Interlingua

Participle

cultivate

1. past participle of cultivar

English

Alternative forms

• fertilise (mostly British)

Etymology

From French fertiliser; equivalent to fertile +? -ize

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??(?)t?la?z/

Verb

fertilize (third-person singular simple present fertilizes, present participle fertilizing, simple past and past participle fertilized)

1. To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
2. (figuratively) To make more creative or intellectually productive.

   to fertilize one's imagination
3. To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.

Derived terms

• fertilizer

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

fertilize

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of fertilizar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of fertilizar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of fertilizar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of fertilizar