Preschool vs. Nursery

Preschooladjective

Of or relating to the years of early childhood before attendance at primary school.

Preschoolnoun

A nursery school.

Preschoolverb

(transitive) To provide nursery school education for.

Preschoolverb

(intransitive) To undergo nursery school education.

Preschoolnoun

an educational institution for children too young for elementary school

Preschool

A preschool, also known as nursery school, pre-primary school, or play school, is an educational establishment or learning space offering early childhood education to children before they begin compulsory education at primary school. It may be publicly or privately operated, and may be subsidized from public funds.

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