growing vs germination

germination vs growing

growing and germination both are nouns.

growing is an adjective but germination is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, germination is a hyponym of growing; that is, germination 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
germination: the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow

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, fructification, gametogenesis, 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)	germination (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	the origin of some development
(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state	the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow

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

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