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maturation vs palingenesis

palingenesis vs maturation

maturation and palingenesis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
maturation Yes No No No
palingenesis Yes No No No
As nouns, palingenesis is a hyponym of maturation; that is, palingenesis 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
  • palingenesis: emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
maturation (noun) palingenesis (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 emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
coming to full development; becoming mature
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
Difference between maturation and palingenesis

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