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bring up and educate

Bring up and the noun upbringing are mostly used for the moral and social training that children receive at home. Educate and education are used for the intellectual and other training that people get at school and university.

  • Lucy was brought up by her aunt and educated at the local school.
  • Their kids are very badly brought up – always screaming and fighting. (not Their kids are very badly educated …)
  • Which is better: a good upbringing and a bad education, or the opposite?