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teething vs maturation

maturation vs teething

teething and maturation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
teething Yes No No No
maturation Yes No No No
As nouns, maturation is a hypernym of teething; that is, maturation is a word with a broader meaning than teething:
  • teething: the eruption through the gums of baby teeth
  • maturation: (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, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
teething (noun) maturation (noun)
the eruption through the gums of baby teeth (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
coming to full development; becoming mature
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
Difference between teething and maturation

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