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growing vs teething

teething vs growing

growing and teething both are nouns.

growing is an adjective but teething is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
growing Yes Yes No No
teething Yes No No No
As nouns, teething is a hyponym of growing; that is, teething 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
  • teething: the eruption through the gums of baby teeth
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, 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, teratogenesis, vegetation.
growing (noun) teething (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 eruption through the gums of baby teeth
(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
growing (adjective) teething (adjective)
relating to or suitable for growth
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