ripening vs maturation

ripening and maturation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, ripening and maturation are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of ripening include maturement.

ripening (noun)	maturation (noun)
coming to full development; becoming mature	(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
acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time	coming to full development; becoming mature
	(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus