ontogeny vs growth

growth vs ontogeny

ontogeny and growth both are nouns.

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

As nouns, ontogeny and growth are synonyms defined as:

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

ontogeny (noun)	growth (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 gradual beginning or coming forth
	vegetation that has grown
	something grown or growing
	(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 progression from simpler to more complex forms
	a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
	(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

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