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growth vs proliferation

proliferation vs growth

growth and proliferation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
growth Yes No No No
proliferation Yes No No No
As nouns, proliferation is a hyponym of growth; that is, proliferation 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
  • proliferation: growth by the rapid multiplication of parts
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, gametogenesis, germination, sprouting, habit, infructescence, intussusception, juvenescence, life cycle, masculinisation, masculinization, virilisation, virilization, morphogenesis, myelinisation, myelinization, neurogenesis, palingenesis, recapitulation, psychogenesis, psychogenesis, psychomotor development, psychosexual development, rooting, suppression, dentition, odontiasis, teething, teratogenesis, vegetation.
As nouns, proliferation is a hyponym of growth; that is, proliferation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than growth:
  • growth: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
  • proliferation: a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons)
Other hyponyms of growth include accession, accretion, accumulation, accretion, accretion, accretion, multiplication, population growth, pullulation, relaxation, broadening, widening.
growth (noun) proliferation (noun)
the gradual beginning or coming forth growth by the rapid multiplication of parts
vegetation that has grown a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons)
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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