growing vs ontogeny

ontogeny vs growing

growing and ontogeny both are nouns.

growing is an adjective but ontogeny is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, growing and ontogeny are synonyms defined as:

growing and ontogeny: (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 synonyms of growing include development, growth, maturation, ontogenesis.

growing (noun)	ontogeny (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	(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
(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state

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

Difference between growing and ontogeny

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