development vs growth

development and growth both are nouns.

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

As nouns, development and growth are synonyms defined as:

development and 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 synonyms of development include growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.

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

development: a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
growth: a progression from simpler to more complex forms

Other hyponyms of development include assibilation, deepening, flowering, unfolding, tsundere.

development (noun)	growth (noun)
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining	the gradual beginning or coming forth
the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful	vegetation that has grown
(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated	something grown or growing
a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation	(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 district that has been developed to serve some purpose	a progression from simpler to more complex forms
processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible	a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
(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	(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
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)