ontogeny vs suppression

suppression vs ontogeny

ontogeny and suppression both are nouns.

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

As nouns, suppression is a hyponym of ontogeny; that is, suppression 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
suppression: the failure to develop some part or organ

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, proliferation, psychogenesis, psychogenesis, psychomotor development, psychosexual development, rooting, dentition, odontiasis, teething, teratogenesis, vegetation.

ontogeny (noun)	suppression (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 act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
	forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
	(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
	the failure to develop some part or organ

Difference between ontogeny and suppression

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