growing vs vegetation

vegetation vs growing

growing and vegetation both are nouns.

growing is an adjective but vegetation is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, vegetation is a hyponym of growing; that is, vegetation 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
vegetation: the process of growth in plants

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, teething, teratogenesis.

growing (noun)	vegetation (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	inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life
(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state	an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)
	all the plant life in a particular region or period
	the process of growth in plants

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

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