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sprouting vs growing

growing vs sprouting

sprouting and growing both are nouns.

sprouting is not an adjective while growing is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sprouting Yes No No No
growing Yes Yes No No
As nouns, growing is a hypernym of sprouting; that is, growing is a word with a broader meaning than sprouting:
  • sprouting: the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
  • growing: (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 hypernyms of sprouting include development, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
sprouting (noun) growing (noun)
the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow (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
(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
sprouting (adjective) growing (adjective)
relating to or suitable for growth
Difference between sprouting and growing

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