apposition vs growth

growth vs apposition

apposition and growth both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
apposition	Yes	No	No	No
growth	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, growth is a hypernym of apposition; that is, growth is a word with a broader meaning than apposition:

apposition: (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
growth: (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

Other hypernyms of apposition include development, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.

apposition (noun)	growth (noun)
the act of positioning close together (or side by side)	the gradual beginning or coming forth
(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material	vegetation that has grown
a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows	something grown or growing
	(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
	a progression from simpler to more complex forms
	a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
	(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

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