maturation vs ontogeny

ontogeny vs maturation

maturation and ontogeny both are nouns.

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

As nouns, maturation and ontogeny are synonyms defined as:

maturation and ontogeny: (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 development, growing, growth, ontogenesis.

maturation (noun)	ontogeny (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	(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
coming to full development; becoming mature
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

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