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apposition vs ontogenesis

ontogenesis vs apposition

apposition and ontogenesis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
apposition Yes No No No
ontogenesis Yes No No No
As nouns, ontogenesis is a hypernym of apposition; that is, ontogenesis 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
  • ontogenesis: (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, growth, maturation, ontogeny.
apposition (noun) ontogenesis (noun)
the act of positioning close together (or side by side) (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
(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
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