growing vs fructification

fructification vs growing

growing and fructification both are nouns.

growing is an adjective but fructification is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
growing	Yes	Yes	No	No
fructification	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fructification is a hyponym of growing; that is, fructification is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than growing:

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
fructification: the bearing of fruit

Other hyponyms of growing include culture, amelogenesis, angiogenesis, apposition, auxesis, anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, inflorescence, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis, cohesion, cultivation, cytogenesis, cytogeny, foliation, leafing, gametogenesis, germination, sprouting, habit, infructescence, intussusception, juvenescence, life cycle, masculinisation, masculinization, virilisation, virilization, morphogenesis, myelinisation, myelinization, neurogenesis, palingenesis, recapitulation, proliferation, psychogenesis, psychogenesis, psychomotor development, psychosexual development, rooting, suppression, dentition, odontiasis, teething, teratogenesis, vegetation.

growing (noun)	fructification (noun)
(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	organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses)
(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state	the bearing of fruit

growing (adjective)	fructification (adjective)
relating to or suitable for growth

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