Difference between Tame and Domesticate

What is the difference between Tame and Domesticate?

Tame as a verb is to make something tame while Domesticate as a verb is to make domestic.

Tame

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to make something tame to become tame

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: not wild; domestic, mild, well-behaved

Example sentence: My fiance and I had a few problems working through some of the things that he saw me say and do on the 'Surreal Life.' Considering the company that I was in, Ron Jeremy and Trishelle from 'The Real World,' I think I was pretty tame.

Domesticate

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An animal or plant that has been domesticated.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make domestic.To make fit for domestic life.To adapt to live with humans.To adapt to live with humans.To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.

We hope you now know whether to use Tame or Domesticate in your sentence.

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