flowering vs ontogenesis

ontogenesis vs flowering

flowering and ontogenesis both are nouns.

flowering is an adjective but ontogenesis is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flowering	Yes	Yes	No	No
ontogenesis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ontogenesis is a hypernym of flowering; that is, ontogenesis is a word with a broader meaning than flowering:

flowering: the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
ontogenesis: (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, maturation, ontogeny.

flowering (noun)	ontogenesis (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

flowering (adjective)	ontogenesis (adjective)
when a plant is in a state of possessing one or multiple flowers and/or blooms

Difference between flowering and ontogenesis

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