growing vs sprouting

sprouting vs growing

growing and sprouting both are nouns.

growing is an adjective but sprouting is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, sprouting is a hyponym of growing; that is, sprouting 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
sprouting: 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, germination, 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)	sprouting (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 process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state

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

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