ontogeny vs ontogenesis

ontogenesis vs ontogeny

ontogeny and ontogenesis both are nouns.

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

As nouns, ontogeny and ontogenesis are synonyms defined as:

ontogeny and 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

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

ontogeny (noun)	ontogenesis (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

Difference between ontogeny and ontogenesis

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