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Abscission vs Senescence - What's the difference?

abscission | senescence |

In botany|lang=en terms the difference between abscission and senescence

is that abscission is (botany) the natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole while senescence is (botany) fruit senescence, leading to ripening of fruit.

As nouns the difference between abscission and senescence

is that abscission is the act or process of cutting off while senescence is (biology) the state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.

abscission

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of cutting off.
  • * 1859 , , The sermons of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: Complete in one volume , page 286:
  • Not to be cured without the abscission of a member.
  • (obsolete) The state of being cut off.
  • (rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
  • (botany) The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.
  • Usage notes

    Not to be confused with abscision, which only is defined as the first sense.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    senescence

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (biology) The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.
  • (cell biology) Ceasing to divide by mitosis because of shortening of telomeres or excessive DNA damage.
  • (gerontology) Old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.
  • (botany) Fruit senescence, leading to ripening of fruit.
  • See also

    * biological immortality * senility