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Aftermath vs Outgrowth - What's the difference?

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Aftermath is a related term of outgrowth.


As nouns the difference between aftermath and outgrowth

is that aftermath is (obsolete|or farmers' jargon) a second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season while outgrowth is anything that grows out of something else.

aftermath

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete, or farmers' jargon) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.
  • That which happens after, that which follows. Has a strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
    • In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting.

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    outgrowth

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that grows out of something else.
  • # A branch or offshoot of a plant.
  • # An appendage of an animal.
  • # A byproduct or consequence of an action or event.

    • Derived terms

    * neurite outgrowth * neuronal outgrowth