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germination vs growing

growing vs germination

germination and growing both are nouns.

germination is not an adjective while growing is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
germination Yes No No No
growing Yes Yes No No
As nouns, growing is a hypernym of germination; that is, growing is a word with a broader meaning than germination:
  • germination: the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
  • 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 germination include development, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
germination (noun) growing (noun)
the origin of some development (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 process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
germination (adjective) growing (adjective)
relating to or suitable for growth
Difference between germination and growing

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