different between nourishment vs nutrition

English

Etymology

From Middle English norisshement, from Middle French, from Old French norissement, from norrir.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, NYC) IPA^(key): /?n????m?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n???m?nt/, /?n????m?nt/
• Hyphenation: nour?ish?ment

Noun

nourishment (countable and uncountable, plural nourishments)

1. The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
2. Something that nourishes; food

Translations

Anagrams

• Southern Min

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: nyo?o-tr??-sh?n, IPA^(key): /nju??t??.??n/
• (US) enPR: no?o-tr??-sh?n, IPA^(key): /nu?t??.??n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

nutrition (usually uncountable, plural nutritions)

1. (biology) The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
2. That which nourishes; nutriment.

Derived terms

• nutritional
• nutritionalist
• nutritionally
• nutritionism
• nutritionist

Related terms

• nutrient
• nutritious
• nutriture

Translations

See also

• nutrition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin n?tr?ti?, n?tr?ti?nem, from Latin n?tri?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny.t?i.sj??/

Noun

nutrition f (plural nutritions)

1. nutrition

Related terms

• nourrir

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Noun

nutrition (uncountable)

1. nutrition