development vs foliation

foliation vs development

development and foliation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, foliation is a hyponym of development; that is, foliation 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
foliation: (botany) the process of forming leaves

Other hyponyms of development include culture, amelogenesis, angiogenesis, apposition, auxesis, anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, inflorescence, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis, cohesion, cultivation, cytogenesis, cytogeny, 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)	foliation (noun)
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining	the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves
the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful	the work of coating glass with metal foil
(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated	(architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament
a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation	(geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock
a district that has been developed to serve some purpose	(botany) the process of forming leaves
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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