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Growth vs Lengthening - What's the difference?

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Growth is a related term of lengthening.


As nouns the difference between growth and lengthening

is that growth is an increase in size, number, value, or strength while lengthening is (linguistics) a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens.

As a verb lengthening is

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growth

English

(wikipedia growth)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
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  • (biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
  • (biology) Something that grows or has grown.
  • (pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

    • Synonyms

    * (increase in size) enlargement, expansion, increase, increment * (act of growing) development, maturation * (something that grows or has grown) vegetation * outgrowth, cancer, mass

    Antonyms

    * (increase in size) contraction, decrease, decrement, reduction * (act of growing) nondevelopment

    Derived terms

    * growth spurt * growth stock * overgrowth * undergrowth

    Hyponyms

    * tumor

    lengthening

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens

    • Verb

    (head)