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growth vs excrescence

excrescence vs growth

growth and excrescence both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
growth Yes No No No
excrescence Yes No No No
As nouns, excrescence is a hyponym of growth; that is, excrescence is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than growth:
  • growth: (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
  • excrescence: (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
Other hyponyms of growth include exostosis, polyp, polypus, peduncle, neoplasm, tumor, tumour, hamartoma.
growth (noun) excrescence (noun)
the gradual beginning or coming forth (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
vegetation that has grown something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
something grown or 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
a progression from simpler to more complex forms
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
Difference between growth and excrescence

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