ontogeny vs efflorescence

efflorescence vs ontogeny

ontogeny and efflorescence both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of ontogeny 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.

ontogeny (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
	the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
	any red eruption of the skin
	the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

Difference between ontogeny and efflorescence

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