ontogenesis vs apposition

apposition vs ontogenesis

ontogenesis and apposition both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ontogenesis	Yes	No	No	No
apposition	Yes	No	No	No

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

ontogenesis: (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
apposition: (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material

Other hyponyms of ontogenesis include culture, amelogenesis, angiogenesis, auxesis, anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, 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.

ontogenesis (noun)	apposition (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	the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
	(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
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Difference between ontogenesis and apposition

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