ontogeny vs maturation

maturation vs ontogeny

ontogeny and maturation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, ontogeny and maturation are synonyms defined as:

ontogeny and 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

Other synonyms of ontogeny include development, growing, growth, ontogenesis.

ontogeny (noun)	maturation (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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