maturation vs development

development vs maturation

maturation and development both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
maturation	Yes	No	No	No
development	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, maturation and development are synonyms defined as:

maturation and development: (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 synonyms of maturation include growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny.

maturation (noun)	development (noun)
(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	act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
coming to full development; becoming mature	the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus	(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
	a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
	a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
	processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
	(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 process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
	a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)

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