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germination vs maturation

maturation vs germination

germination and maturation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
germination Yes No No No
maturation Yes No No No
As nouns, maturation is a hypernym of germination; that is, maturation is a word with a broader meaning than germination:
  • germination: the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
  • maturation: (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, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
germination (noun) maturation (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 coming to full development; becoming mature
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
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