excrescence vs growth

growth vs excrescence

excrescence and growth both are nouns.

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

As nouns, growth is a hypernym of excrescence; that is, growth is a word with a broader meaning than excrescence:

excrescence: (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
growth: (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

Other hypernyms of excrescence include appendage, outgrowth, process.

excrescence (noun)	growth (noun)
(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body	the gradual beginning or coming forth
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings	vegetation that has grown
	something grown or growing
	(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 progression from simpler to more complex forms
	a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
	(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

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