growth vs illness

illness vs growth

growth and illness both are nouns.

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

As nouns, illness is a hypernym of growth; that is, illness is a word with a broader meaning than growth:

growth: (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
illness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

Other hypernyms of growth include malady, sickness, unwellness.

growth (noun)	illness (noun)
the gradual beginning or coming forth	impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
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)

Difference between growth and illness

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