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flowering vs growth

growth vs flowering

flowering and growth both are nouns.

flowering is an adjective but growth is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
flowering Yes Yes No No
growth Yes No No No
As nouns, growth is a hypernym of flowering; that is, growth is a word with a broader meaning than flowering:
  • flowering: the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
  • 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 hypernyms of flowering include development, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
flowering (noun) growth (noun)
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms the gradual beginning or coming forth
a developmental process 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)
flowering (adjective) growth (adjective)
when a plant is in a state of possessing one or multiple flowers and/or blooms
Difference between flowering and growth

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