development vs apposition

apposition vs development

development and apposition both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
development	Yes	No	No	No
apposition	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, apposition is a hyponym of development; that is, apposition is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than development:

development: (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
apposition: (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material

Other hyponyms of development include culture, amelogenesis, angiogenesis, auxesis, anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, inflorescence, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis, cohesion, cultivation, cytogenesis, cytogeny, foliation, leafing, fructification, gametogenesis, germination, sprouting, habit, infructescence, intussusception, juvenescence, life cycle, masculinisation, masculinization, virilisation, virilization, morphogenesis, myelinisation, myelinization, neurogenesis, palingenesis, recapitulation, proliferation, psychogenesis, psychogenesis, psychomotor development, psychosexual development, rooting, suppression, dentition, odontiasis, teething, teratogenesis, vegetation.

development (noun)	apposition (noun)
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining	the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful	(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated	a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
(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 process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)

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