The difference between Growth and Vegetation

When used as nouns, growth means an increase in size, number, value, or strength, whereas vegetation means plants, taken collectively.

check bellow for the other definitions of Growth and Vegetation

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."
Growth as a noun (biology):

The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
Growth as a noun (biology):

Something that grows or has grown.
Growth as a noun (pathology):

An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

Vegetation as a noun (uncountable):

Plants, taken collectively.

Examples:

"There were large amounts of vegetation in the forest."
Vegetation as a noun (pathology, countable):

An abnormal verrucous or fibrinous growth
Vegetation as a noun:

The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.