different between manners vs cultivation

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæn.?z/
• Homophone: manors

Noun

manners

1. plural of manner

Noun

manners pl (plural only)

1. Etiquette.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 39:

     O, how thy worth with manners may I sing,

     When thou art all the better part of me?

   Political correctness is tyranny with manners. ? Charlton Heston

Derived terms

• good manners
• bad manners
• well-mannered
• ill-mannered
• table manners

Translations

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