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dentition vs growth

growth vs dentition

dentition and growth both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dentition Yes No No No
growth Yes No No No
As nouns, growth is a hypernym of dentition; that is, growth is a word with a broader meaning than dentition:
  • dentition: the eruption through the gums of baby teeth
  • 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 dentition include development, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
dentition (noun) growth (noun)
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal the gradual beginning or coming forth
the eruption through the gums of baby teeth 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 dentition and growth

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