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fructification vs ontogeny

ontogeny vs fructification

fructification and ontogeny both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fructification Yes No No No
ontogeny Yes No No No
As nouns, ontogeny is a hypernym of fructification; that is, ontogeny is a word with a broader meaning than fructification:
  • fructification: the bearing of fruit
  • ontogeny: (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, ontogenesis.
fructification (noun) ontogeny (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 ontogeny

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