The difference between Development and Growth

When used as nouns, development means the process of developing, whereas growth means an increase in size, number, value, or strength.

check bellow for the other definitions of Development and Growth

  1. Development as a noun (uncountable):

    The process of developing; growth, directed change.

    Examples:

    "The development of this story has been slow."

  2. Development as a noun (uncountable, biology):

    The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.

    Examples:

    "The organism has reached a crucial stage in its development."

  3. Development as a noun (countable):

    Something which has developed.

    Examples:

    "Our news team brings you the latest developments."

  4. Development as a noun (real estate, countable):

    A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.

  5. Development as a noun (real estate, uncountable):

    The building of such a project.

  6. Development as a noun (uncountable):

    The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).

    Examples:

    "Our development department has produced three new adhesives this year."

  7. Development as a noun (chess, uncountable):

    The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.

    Examples:

    "White's development is good, but black's has been hampered by the pawn on e5."

  8. Development as a noun (music):

    The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.

  9. Development as a noun (music):

    The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.

  10. Development as a noun (math):

    The expression of a function in the form of a series.

  1. Growth as a noun:

    An increase in size, number, value, or strength.

    Examples:

    "'Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China."

  2. Growth as a noun (biology):

    The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.

  3. Growth as a noun (biology):

    Something that grows or has grown.

  4. Growth as a noun (pathology):

    An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

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