Adult vs Grow - What's the difference?
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Fully grown.
Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children.
Containing material of an explicit sexual nature
To (cause to) be or become an .
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* 2013 , Kelly Williams Brown, Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps
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(ergative) To become bigger.
To appear or sprout.
To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
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(copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
(obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
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As verbs the difference between adult and grow
is that adult is to (cause to) be or become an adult while grow is to become bigger.As a noun adult
is a fully grown human or animal.As an adjective adult
is fully grown.adult
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Derived terms
* (l) * (l)Adjective
(en adjective)- an adult human, animal, or plant
- adult clothes
- adult content
- an adult movie
Synonyms
* (fully grown) big, fully grown, grown up * (unsuitable for children) blue, dirty, lewd, obsceneVerb
(en verb)- Womanhood was achieved at twenty-one, when the female was "adulted "; manhood was fully achieved at twenty-five,
- The process of adulting children,
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Verb
- Children grow quickly.
- Flowers grew on the trees as summer approached.
- A long tail began to grow from his backside.
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- He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.
- Have you ever grown your hair before?
- The boy grew wise as he matured.
- The town grew smaller and smaller in the distance as we travelled.
- You have grown strong.
- Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow .