ontogeny vs proliferation

proliferation vs ontogeny

ontogeny and proliferation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, proliferation is a hyponym of ontogeny; that is, proliferation 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
proliferation: growth by the rapid multiplication of parts

Other hyponyms of ontogeny include culture, amelogenesis, angiogenesis, apposition, 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, psychogenesis, psychogenesis, psychomotor development, psychosexual development, rooting, suppression, dentition, odontiasis, teething, teratogenesis, vegetation.

ontogeny (noun)	proliferation (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	growth by the rapid multiplication of parts
	a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons)

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