Bring up and educate
What’s the difference between bring up and educate? These two words have quite similar meanings and are easily confused by English learners.
Bring up is a phrasal verb meaning ‘to bring a person to maturity through nurturing and education.
Whereas, educate refers to the cultural or intellectual training one receives at an institution or school.
Noun forms of bring up and educate
The noun forms of bring up and educate, are upbringing and education.
- Matthew didn’t enjoy his upbringing.
- To have a good upbringing is important.
- My education was superb.
- Jack’s education at Cambridge was enjoyable.
‘Bring up’: to bring a person to maturity
(Usually a parent, older sibling or carer) through nurturing and education
- My mum and dad brought me up in Alabama, United States.
- The child was brought up by his mother.
- He had a good upbringing and was well-spoken.
- I am bringing my children up to be good people.
‘Educate’: the cultural or intellectual training one receives at an institution
- They were lucky to be educated at Oxford, one of the greatest universities in the world.
- I was educated at a small college in the U.S.A.
- Education should be of quality and free to all.
- Education is the basis of life.