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dentition vs ontogeny

ontogeny vs dentition

dentition and ontogeny both are nouns.

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

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