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germination vs growth

growth vs germination

germination and growth both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
germination Yes No No No
growth Yes No No No
As nouns, growth is a hypernym of germination; that is, growth is a word with a broader meaning than germination:
  • germination: the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
  • growth: (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, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
germination (noun) growth (noun)
the origin of some development the gradual beginning or coming forth
the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow vegetation that has grown
something grown or 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
a progression from simpler to more complex forms
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
Difference between germination and growth

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