different between cultivation vs domestication

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cultivation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?lt??ve???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

cultivation (countable and uncountable, plural cultivations)

1. The art or act of cultivating; improvement of land for or by agriculture

2. The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture

   These fields are in cultivation.

3. Devotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something)

   His steadfast cultivation of their relationship finally bore fruit.

4. Advancement or refinement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition

   She is a woman of great cultivation.

Synonyms

• (art or act of cultivating): tillage
• (advancement or refinement in condition): refinement, culture; education

Related terms

• cultivar
• cultivate, cultivator

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyl.ti.va.sj??/

Noun

cultivation f (plural cultivations)

1. cultivation

Related terms

• cultivable
• cultiver
• cultivateur

English

Etymology

domesticate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

domestication (countable and uncountable, plural domestications)

1. The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
2. The act of domesticating, or making a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
3. (translation studies) The act of domesticating a text.

Translations

Anagrams

• ectinosomatid

French

Pronunciation

Noun

domestication f (plural domestications)

1. domestication

Related terms

• domestique
• domestiquer

Further reading

• “domestication” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).