Master confusing words with ease
Bring up vs. Grow up
Bring up
/brɪŋ ʌp/Examples:
She decided to bring up the topic at the meeting.Raising the issue now might bring up old grievances.The documentary aims to bring up important social issues.
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Grow up
/ɡrəʊ ʌp/Examples:
She had to grow up fast after moving to the city.Watching her grow up has been a wonderful journey.They reminisced about growing up in a small village.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Bring up usually involves a third party, someone else doing the action, like parents raising children.
- Grow up refers to the natural process of maturation of an individual themselves.
- You can think of bringing up as a more active process, while growing up as more passive from the individual's perspective.
- Remember that bring up is often related to childcare or education, but grow up is about personal development.
- Bringing up emphasizes the nurture aspect, whereas growing up emphasizes natural development.
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