growing vs leafing

leafing vs growing

growing and leafing both are nouns.

growing is an adjective but leafing is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, leafing is a hyponym of growing; that is, leafing 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
leafing: (botany) the process of forming leaves

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, fructification, 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)	leafing (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	(botany) the process of forming leaves
(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state

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

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