Difference between Nursery and Glasshouse

What is the difference between Nursery and Glasshouse?

Nursery as a noun is the act of nursing while Glasshouse as a noun is a building made of glass in which plants are grown more rapidly than outside such a building by the action of heat from the sun, this heat being trapped inside by the glass. (chiefly commercial).

Nursery

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of nursing A place where nursing is carried on; as: # A place, or apartment, in a house, used for the care of children. # A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting; a plantation of young trees. # The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted. #: "Fair Padua, nursery of arts." —Shakespeare #:   #: Christian families are the nurseries of the #: church on earth, as she is the nursery of the #: church in heaven. —J. M. Mason # That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen. #: That which is nursed.

Example sentence: I like Fisher Price music, nursery rhymes, and the alphabet song.

Glasshouse

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A building made of glass in which plants are grown more rapidly than outside such a building by the action of heat from the sun, this heat being trapped inside by the glass. (chiefly commercial).A building where glass or glassware is manufactured.(British army slang) A military prison.

We hope you now know whether to use Nursery or Glasshouse in your sentence.

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