maturation vs efflorescence

efflorescence vs maturation

maturation and efflorescence both are nouns.

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

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

maturation: (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
efflorescence: the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

Other hyponyms of maturation include culture, amelogenesis, angiogenesis, apposition, auxesis, anthesis, blossoming, 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, proliferation, psychogenesis, psychogenesis, psychomotor development, psychosexual development, rooting, suppression, dentition, odontiasis, teething, teratogenesis, vegetation.

maturation (noun)	efflorescence (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	a powdery deposit on a surface
coming to full development; becoming mature	the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus	any red eruption of the skin
	the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

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