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caenogenesis vs growth

growth vs caenogenesis

caenogenesis and growth both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
caenogenesis Yes No No No
growth Yes No No No
As nouns, growth is a hypernym of caenogenesis; that is, growth is a word with a broader meaning than caenogenesis:
  • caenogenesis: introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
  • 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 caenogenesis include development, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
caenogenesis (noun) growth (noun)
introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) 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)
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