activity vs maturation

maturation vs activity

activity and maturation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
activity	Yes	No	No	No
maturation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, maturation is a hyponym of activity; that is, maturation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than activity:

activity: an organic process that takes place in the body
maturation: (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

Other hyponyms of activity include control, breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation, respiration, breath, consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake, sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice, insemination, sleeping, reaction, response, crying, tears, weeping, ablactation, anastalsis, discharge, emission, expelling, expectoration, festering, suppuration, healing, hypostasis, lachrymation, lacrimation, tearing, watering, lactation, opsonisation, opsonization, overactivity, peristalsis, vermiculation, diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, tanning, transpiration.

activity (noun)	maturation (noun)
any specific behavior	(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically	coming to full development; becoming mature
an organic process that takes place in the body	(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
the state of being active
(chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction

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