vegetation vs growing

growing vs vegetation

vegetation and growing both are nouns.

vegetation is not an adjective while growing is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
vegetation	Yes	No	No	No
growing	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, growing is a hypernym of vegetation; that is, growing is a word with a broader meaning than vegetation:

vegetation: the process of growth in plants
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 vegetation include development, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.

vegetation (noun)	growing (noun)
inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life	(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
an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)	(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
all the plant life in a particular region or period
the process of growth in plants

vegetation (adjective)	growing (adjective)
	relating to or suitable for growth

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