foliation vs growing

growing vs foliation

foliation and growing both are nouns.

foliation is not an adjective while growing is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
foliation	Yes	No	No	No
growing	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, growing is a hypernym of foliation; that is, growing is a word with a broader meaning than foliation:

foliation: (botany) the process of forming leaves
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

Other hypernyms of foliation include development, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.

foliation (noun)	growing (noun)
the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves	(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
the work of coating glass with metal foil	(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
(architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament
(geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock
(botany) the process of forming leaves

foliation (adjective)	growing (adjective)
	relating to or suitable for growth

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