Nursery vs. Creche

Nurserynoun

(countable) A place where breastfeeding]] or the raising of children is carried on.

Nurserynoun

(by extension) Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children.

Nurserynoun

A place where the pre-school children of working parents are supervised during the day; a crèche, a daycare centre.

Nurserynoun

A play]] at the same time.

Nurserynoun

(Philippines) The first year of pre-school.

Nurserynoun

A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.

Nurserynoun

A place where animals breed, or where young animals are naturally or artificially reared (for example, on a farm).

Nurserynoun

(horticulture) A place where young shrubs, trees, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting, or (more generally) made available for public sale, a garden centre; also (obsolete) a plantation of young trees.

Nurserynoun

(sports) A club or team for developing the skills of young players.

Nurserynoun

(countable) Something which educates and nurtures.

Nurserynoun

Someone or something that is nursed; a nursling.

Nurserynoun

The act of nursing or rearing.

Nurserynoun

The act of nursing.

Nurserynoun

The place where nursing is carried on

Nurserynoun

That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.

Nurserynoun

That which is nursed.

Nurserynoun

a child's room for a baby

Nurserynoun

a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions

Crechenoun

A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work.

Crechenoun

a day-care center for young children.

Crechenoun

a three-dimensional model of the scene described in the Bible at the birth of Jesus Christ in a stable at Bethlehem, with Mary and Joseph near a manger in which a model of the infant Christ child is lain, and usually including figures of animals, shepherds, and the three wise men; - also called a Nativity scene. The figures in the scene are typically made as individual statues or figurines. Smaller models are displayed in homes and other indoor locations during the Christmans season, and larger models, often life-size, may be displayed out of doors.

Crechenoun

a nest where the young of several animals are cared for in a communal fashion.

Crechenoun

a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for

Crechenoun

a representation of Christ's nativity in the stable at Bethlehem