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fructification vs growing

growing vs fructification

fructification and growing both are nouns.

fructification is not an adjective while growing is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fructification Yes No No No
growing Yes Yes No No
As nouns, growing is a hypernym of fructification; that is, growing is a word with a broader meaning than fructification:
  • fructification: the bearing of fruit
  • 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 fructification include development, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
fructification (noun) growing (noun)
organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses) (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 bearing of fruit (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
fructification (adjective) growing (adjective)
relating to or suitable for growth
Difference between fructification and growing

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