growth vs gametogenesis

gametogenesis vs growth

growth and gametogenesis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
growth	Yes	No	No	No
gametogenesis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gametogenesis is a hyponym of growth; that is, gametogenesis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than growth:

growth: (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
gametogenesis: the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis

Other hyponyms of growth include culture, amelogenesis, angiogenesis, apposition, auxesis, anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, inflorescence, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis, cohesion, cultivation, cytogenesis, cytogeny, foliation, leafing, fructification, 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, vegetation.

growth (noun)	gametogenesis (noun)
the gradual beginning or coming forth	the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis
vegetation that has grown
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)

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