The difference between Growth and Maturation

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Growth and Maturation

  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.

  1. Maturation as a noun:

    The process of becoming mature.

  2. Maturation as a noun (biology):

    The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism.

  3. Maturation as a noun (medicine):

    The process of maturating, or suppurating fully.

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