development vs habit

habit vs development

development and habit both are nouns.

development is not a verb while habit is a verb.

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

As nouns, habit is a hyponym of development; that is, habit 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
habit: the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal)

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, foliation, leafing, fructification, gametogenesis, germination, sprouting, 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)	habit (noun)
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining	excessive use of drugs
the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful	(psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated	a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order
a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation	attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire)
a district that has been developed to serve some purpose	an established custom
processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible	the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal)
(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)

development (verb)	habit (verb)
	put a habit on

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