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auxesis vs growth

growth vs auxesis

auxesis and growth both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
auxesis Yes No No No
growth Yes No No No
As nouns, growth is a hypernym of auxesis; that is, growth is a word with a broader meaning than auxesis:
  • auxesis: growth from increase in cell size without cell division
  • 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 auxesis include development, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
auxesis (noun) growth (noun)
growth from increase in cell size without cell division the gradual beginning or coming forth
vegetation that has grown
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)
Difference between auxesis and growth

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