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teething vs growth

growth vs teething

teething and growth both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
teething Yes No No No
growth Yes No No No
As nouns, growth is a hypernym of teething; that is, growth is a word with a broader meaning than teething:
  • teething: the eruption through the gums of baby teeth
  • growth: (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 teething include development, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
teething (noun) growth (noun)
the eruption through the gums of baby teeth the gradual beginning or coming forth
vegetation that has grown
something grown or 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
a progression from simpler to more complex forms
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
Difference between teething and growth

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