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growing vs recapitulation

recapitulation vs growing

growing and recapitulation both are nouns.

growing is an adjective but recapitulation is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
growing Yes Yes No No
recapitulation Yes No No No
As nouns, recapitulation is a hyponym of growing; that is, recapitulation 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
  • recapitulation: emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
growing (noun) recapitulation (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 (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)
(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated
emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
growing (adjective) recapitulation (adjective)
relating to or suitable for growth
Difference between growing and recapitulation

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