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flowering vs maturation

maturation vs flowering

flowering and maturation both are nouns.

flowering is an adjective but maturation is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
flowering Yes Yes No No
maturation Yes No No No
As nouns, maturation is a hypernym of flowering; that is, maturation is a word with a broader meaning than flowering:
  • flowering: the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
  • maturation: (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, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
flowering (noun) maturation (noun)
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms (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 developmental process coming to full development; becoming mature
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
flowering (adjective) maturation (adjective)
when a plant is in a state of possessing one or multiple flowers and/or blooms
Difference between flowering and maturation

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