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fructification vs ontogenesis

ontogenesis vs fructification

fructification and ontogenesis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fructification Yes No No No
ontogenesis Yes No No No
As nouns, ontogenesis is a hypernym of fructification; that is, ontogenesis is a word with a broader meaning than fructification:
  • fructification: the bearing of fruit
  • 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 fructification include development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogeny.
fructification (noun) ontogenesis (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
Difference between fructification and ontogenesis

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