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leafing vs growing

growing vs leafing

leafing and growing both are nouns.

leafing is not an adjective while growing is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
leafing Yes No No No
growing Yes Yes No No
As nouns, growing is a hypernym of leafing; that is, growing is a word with a broader meaning than leafing:
  • leafing: (botany) the process of forming leaves
  • 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
Other hypernyms of leafing include development, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
leafing (noun) growing (noun)
(botany) the process of forming leaves (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
(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
leafing (adjective) growing (adjective)
relating to or suitable for growth
Difference between leafing and growing

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